Five Truths About Your Self

How being responsible and accountable is a first step in forgiving yourself

While it is important to be responsible and accountable for your thoughts, feelings and actions, there is a massively important aspect of this notion we cannot ignore.

When you have accepted responsibility and accountability, you need to forgive yourself.

Forgiveness can be difficult in many ways. When somebody does something awful to you, directly or indirectly, it may not be so easy to forgive them.

But in many respects, it is even harder for us to forgive ourselves. As a part of the human race, it is important to acknowledge the following Five Truths of Your Self:

• You will screw up. Plain and simple, you are going to screw up in some way.
• You will fail. The best laid plans and all that stuff. Sometimes, you fail.
• You will be wrong. Nobody is right all the time, whether this involves thoughts, feelings, actions, or a combination therein.
• You will get hurt. Might be mental, emotional, physical, or all of the above. Sorry, it’s part of the human condition.
• You will hurt others. Most likely this is mental/emotional and unintentional, but because you cannot control how other people feel, causing hurt happens.