“It’s okay to be less than perfect.” – the Wealthy Gardener
LESSON 4-54 REMINDER
Video transcript: A bright future awaits you, but only if you forgive yourself for the mistakes of the past. As an achiever, you will face setbacks just like the rest of us.
The only question is how you’ll respond. Only by forgiveness can we suffer setbacks, loss or soul-crushing failures and come out unscarred and undamaged.
“Forgive yourself,” said Judy Belmont, “for not having the foresight to know what now seems so obvious in hindsight.”
The challenge of misjudgments, setbacks and failures is to forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.
Self-forgiveness does not mean ignoring the pain of bad things; it means deciding that the pain will not control what’s left of your life. Self-forgiveness heals the wounds of the soul. You can overcome anything, and you must.
When you let go of the past, you allow a brighter future.
Les Brown said, “Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.” Nobody is perfect. And it’s okay to be less than perfect.
It’s time to forgive yourself for whatever you keep beating yourself up about. When you feel the need to replay a negative situation in your mind, consider the following passage about forgiveness to help you let go of the past:
God, grant me the serenity to stop beating myself up for not doing things perfectly, the courage to forgive myself for mistakes of the past, and the wisdom to know that yesterday’s regrets do not define who I am today
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