Learning How to Forgive

What if I told you that forgiveness starts with yourself? We can harbor a lot of emotional baggage and negative energy that robs us of our internal peace, that clouds our mental clarity and that totally alters the way in which we view the world and interact with others.

Self-forgiveness can birth tremendous growth. We have the power over our healing process. When we forgive ourselves, we cease to hold ourselves hostage for past decisions and behaviors that do not serve us.

Imagine the version of yourself that you could produce if you were able to release the past hurts and pains that others have inflicted upon you. Imagine the version of yourself that you could produce if you told yourself, “I’m sorry. I made the best decision for us that I could at that time”.

Life involves being presented with all sorts of situations that we are not necessarily prepared for when they arrive. We do not always have all the answers, tools and resources to deal. So, we do the best we can.

Sometimes our best in that moment creates situations that we might come to later regret. I am here to encourage you to release the word regret from your vocabulary and replace it with something more positive and strength based such as “Welp I won’t do that shit again”!

I absolutely love that line and I use it often in many aspects of my life. The statement “shit happens” speaks volumes! It happens and when it does, we deal. Healing and embracing the concept of self-forgiveness involves, courage, vulnerability, and self-acceptance.

The beautiful thing is we all have access to these things inside of us. Do not stand in the way of your own path and healing. Start with forgiving yourself and become new by releasing the old.  

So I hope you found that message encouraging and heard things you could hold onto. If you want more inspiration throughout the week then come on over to my Instagram page an