Day 20 ~ February 19 ~ Self-Forgiveness
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Quotes
“When we forgive ourselves, we are remembering that place of goodness and wholeness within us.” ~ Author Unknown “If you have made mistakes...there is always another chance for you...you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.” ~ Mary Pickford |
Reflection
When we get even the slightest glimpse of the unity of life, we realize that when sitting in judgment of other people and countries and races, I'm training my mind to sit in judgment of myself. As I forgive others, I am teaching the mind to respond with forgiveness everywhere, even to the misdeeds and mistakes of my own past. Practicing self-forgiveness is a foundation for practicing nonviolence. |
 Daria Zaichenko, age 16,
Belarus
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Affirmation
Today I forgive myself my mistakes, my errors in judgment, my missteps and words misspoken. As I forgive myself for simply being human, I can forgive others the same. |
2016 Mahatma Gandhi Summer Institute, University of Alberta
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Daily Action
When you judge yourself, you tend to believe that who you are is what you have done or not done, what you have or don’t have. Knowing that who you are is greater than all these things, starting today, forgive yourself for forgetting the good that is in you. |
Moscow Ballet ballerina, Olena Nalyvaiko performing at Edmonton's 2015 U.N. International Day of Peace Celebration
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Action for Teens
You are greater than any mistake you have ever made. What are some of the things you have done to upset yourself? When you’ve learned the lesson from mistakes you’ve made, forgive yourself as kindly and compassionately as you would your best friend or a family member. Then move on. Action for Children Be gentle with yourself. Spend today only saying good things to yourself. Talk to yourself as kindly as you would talk to your best friend. |
Quotes
“They are the prudent who leave behind yesterday's mistakes in complete self-forgiveness, but for the lessons they learned from them, and to then face each new dawn as if it were their very first.” ~ Unknown Teacher “Forgiveness of self is where all forgiveness starts. If I am unable to forgive myself, it is impossible for me to truly forgive others. And I must forgive others. What I give out is what I receive. If I want forgiveness, I have to give forgiveness.” ~ Betty J. Eadie |
