I said THAT?
Just a minute.....I need a smile here!
Can you believe it? That something so strange can come out of your mouth and just as the last word escapes you, that you realize you shouldn’t have said that at all? Yup. Been there, done that! I must confess, more times than I care to admit. No, I’m not normally a bad person who says bad things to people. But like everyone else, sometimes my mouth let’s something escape that was rolling around in my head without getting it checked at the door first. Yikes!
So what do you do when that happens? Well for me, I usually decide that an apology is in order. Then I try to figure out why that came out my mouth at all. My focus is always to try and repair any damage done by my words and attitude to the other person. Then, I work on forgiving myself for my blunder.
The thing is, forgiveness isn’t only for other people when they wrong us. It’s also for ourselves when we blow it and wrong someone else. Why is it just as important to forgive ourselves? Because in reality, it’s harder to forgive others if we can’t forgive ourselves. We LEARN forgiveness by experiencing it ourselves. Only then can we pass it on. Forgiveness is good for everyone. It’s how we heal, and more importantly, it’s how we allow ourselves to be humans.
Let’s face it. You, me, and every single person on this planet is a flawed, prone to mistakes human. And we ALL need forgiveness. That means you too, my friend. Today would be a great day to bless yourself with that very needed gift of forgiveness, for whatever you’re holding guilt from. Let it go, and let yourself remember this great quote which states a fantastic truth. “To err is human, and to forgive divine.”
