Time to Forgive Yourself
To earn money, for other people, for your family, you have pushed yourself every day. You try so hard. Your time went to everything but you.
For a few minutes, leave all of it in God's hands and let it run on its own. These few minutes are only for you.
The one who pushed me into a corner was me. So I am the one who forgives me.
Train the strength to stay free from your emotions.
Don't get pulled by your emotions. Learn to see yourself.
Anger arrives and it feels like "I am angry." You speak and act from inside it, and later you regret it.
Writing it down puts a small space between you and the feeling. "I am angry" becomes "anger is here."
Do it again and again, and you start to see yourself the way you would see another person.
In that space, you can choose. You don't have to follow the feeling. You can do the opposite.
Then things change. Situations that seemed stuck begin to move, and forgiveness comes without forcing it.
Each day adds one small step. You move forward only on the days you practice, so you can never fall behind.
Leave the feeling where it is. Don't push it away, don't follow it. Just breathe with the circle.
If a thought or feeling rises while the circle moves, gently bring your attention back to your breath.
No one else has to give it to you. You can give energy to yourself, right now.
Touch your body with your own hands, and speak to it with love.
Your face, your stomach, your tired shoulders. They have carried you every day, and most days you ignored them. Put your hands on them, call your own name, thank them, say sorry, say I love you.
The mirror and the sunlight are only there to help you begin.
Gently stroke your face with both hands, softly, the way you would pet a puppy, or hold your own child's face.
Looking into your eyes, say each line out loud, or in your heart. Tap, and the next line comes.
If tears come, let them come. They mean you are making peace with yourself.
If no tears come, that is fine too. Please don't force them.
Do this somewhere no one else is around. ^^
Close your eyes. Place your hand on the part that hurts, and try to feel it. If it is your heart, try to feel your heart.
Then speak to it, as if it were a living being — someone you love, like family or a friend. It is your companion.
"That was hard for you, wasn't it?"
"I'm sorry."
"Thank you for carrying me."
"I love you."
Speak to it like this, as your companion.
This is a time to become kind, together with yourself.
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