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Forgiveness

I recently had an experience with forgiveness.  I forgave myself for my part in contributing to someone else feeling unhappy.  I do know that I can’t make anyone feel unhappy as that is their choice. However, my behavior can contribute to their choosing to be unhappy.  It is wonderful if they choose to forgive me for my behavior, but more importantly, it is not complete until I forgive myself for my part in the situation.  I know I can be so hard on myself regarding my imperfections.  I have already beaten myself up before anyone else has a chance to.  There is such a peace when I choose to have loving thoughts for myself, including forgiving myself for not being perfect.

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Love Yourself!

During the past year I have had to do some very hard soul searching into who I am.  I had to look at my faults, fragility, but most important I had to learn to truly love myself.  It is nice to be loved by others, but they can only love you to the degree that you love yourself.  Until you learn to love yourself, all your relationships will not be fully complete because you do not love yourself completely.  This was the most powerful lesson that I learned this past year, the lesson of loving myself completely even if I have faults. 

Jan Troutt @intentionalpurpose.com