reincarnation

This month, we return to the subject of forgiveness. Most often the most difficult person to forgive is ourselves. We can be our own worst enemy. One very gifted young man said to me the other day, “We are our only enemy.” This seems to hold true especially when we try to or think about forgiving ourselves.

Forgiving ourselves begins with self-acceptance, self-appreciation and self-love. Our love and our worth come from within us from God. Our love and our worth are constant and unconditional. This concept is most important for us to know and to understand, especially those people who have been abused physically, verbally, emotionally or those who have experienced much criticism and/or have been often judged by their parents or guardians during their childhood.

Once we can incorporate this idea and truism into our mind set, we can more readily accept the notion that nobody on this earth is perfect and that we all make mistakes and will continue to do so. Normal, well intentioned people do not purposely make mistakes. So it is most important that we realize that we are doing the best that we can in this life and will strive to continue to learn and grow and to be the best we can be. It is a lifetime process. There is no failure. There are only lessons to learn from our experiences and from our mistakes.