Forgiveness Begins at Home!

Posted by Julette Millien at 11/13/2009 2:24 PM
Categories: Self-Forgiveness
Tags: forgive yourself FIRST forgiving self
Home in this case is SELF.  Forgiveness must begin with you.  Forgiveness is really primarily about forgiving your self first.   The rest is much easier when that is done.

In thinking about this truth, I had to search myself...Have I forgiven myself, for instance, for not updating this blog in so very long? 

I realized that I was blocking my own progress with a healthy dose of guilt about it! But it was not obvious to me.  I called it 'just being too busy' when really I was avoiding it.  There was an uncomfortable feeling attached to the thought of 'let me do a blog post.' That uncomfortable feeling came from my guilt around not doing it for so long. 

Now the guilt wasn't reasonable.  Guilt never is!

I have not been slacking off, being irresponsible or idle.  There are excellent explanations for my absence...for the first few weeks or so.  Now beyond that, time could have been made and that's where the guilt came in.  But still,  even though I could have done better in this regard, the pace and 'fullness' of my life should permit me to let myself off the hook. BUT, Nooooooo, that's too easy for the guilt center!

This bad feeling that kept coming up wasn't desire to get to it, or anxiety about not being of service...it was GUILT. I didn't see that until today.  The guilt led to avoidance, which led to even more guilt and then to even more avoidance.

Anyway, so I forgave myself and here I am.   This post is what I used to kick myself in the butt.

I hope you forgive yourself for any and ALL undone work.  Hanging onto the guilt will only retard your progress out of the hole...so forgive and move on.

Wishing you an abundance of peace, joy and light,
Julette Millien
♥~

 

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