Monday, Nov. 7, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
The moment an individual can accept and forgive himself, even a little, is the moment in which he becomes to some degree lovable. — Eugene Kennedy
If we owe a bill and pay it in full, do we return to pay that same bill over and over again? If we did, someone would surely question what was wrong with us. Yet, how often do we ask forgiveness for the same thing over and over again?
How wonderful to know that we do not have to condemn ourselves, even for not living up to a goal we have set for ourselves. Once we say we are sorry, we need to be willing to forgive ourselves. After all, how else do we learn and grow except by mistakes?
When we have forgiven ourselves, we become free to take risks again without fear of unforgivable failure, and who knows what new successes we might attain?
ls there something I can forgive myself for today?
Hazelden Foundation
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