Never forget that to forgive yourself is to release trapped energy that could be doing good work in the world. Thus, to judge and condemn yourself is a form of selfishness. Self-prosecution is never noble; it does no one a service.

D. Patrick Miller in A Little Book of Forgiveness: Challenges and Meditations for Anyone with Something to Forgive by D. Patrick Miller

 

To Practice This Thought:
Redirect the energy you have used to put yourself down into a project to serve others.

 

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