Let Yourself Off the Hook
The fourth person you have to forgive is yourself. It is absolutely amazing how
many people are still sitting in negative judgment on themselves because of some
wicked, senseless, brainless, foolish or cruel thing they did in the past.
The fact is that your life is a continuous process of growth and evolution. When you did something in the past that you now disapprove of, you were a different person. You are not the person you are today. You are a new person with greater wisdom and experience who would never think of doing what you might have done when you were younger. Let yourself off the hook. Forgive yourself and let yourself go.
There is nothing wrong with making a mistake, or hundreds of mistakes, as you
grow and mature. It is virtually inevitable. But it is ridiculous for you not to forgive
yourself for those mistakes and get on with the rest of your life.
Set Everyone Free
The wonderful thing about the habit of forgiveness is that it sets you free. It also
sets everyone that you forgive free as well. Forgiveness is one of the most uplifting
and liberating habits that you can develop in all human relationships.
Your goal is to reach the point where there is not a single person or event in your
life toward which you feel any anger or resentment. Whenever you think of a person that may have hurt you, you immediately cancel the thought by saying, “God bless him/her; I forgive him/her for everything.” And then get your mind busy with what you want, and start thinking about how the specific actions you can take to achieve it. Get so busy working toward the things that are important to you that you don’t have time to think or worry about the things that happened in the past that you cannot change in any case.
Taken from : Million Dollar Habits
