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5 Things You should Forgive Yourself For

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Life is tough, but it is entirely up to you to decide if you want an emotional baggage slowing you down as you try to live it. It really is a decision. No one has a perfect life. We all have our trials and tribulations, but if you can convince yourself that these trials are tests of your character and persevere, you will be stronger as a result. This emotional baggage weighs you down so much that pleasure is no longer pleasurable and great is no longer even good. You must find your own method for forgiving yourself.

Here are 5 common things for forgiving yourself for:

1) The opportunities in life you did not take.

If you knew then what you know now, of course, you would have taken advantage of every opportunity. Life is the biggest classroom of all. Do not chastise yourself for not knowing what you were not ready to know yet.

 

2) How you treated your parents when you were younger

The relationship you have with your parents is one of the most intimate ones you will ever have in your life. There is a level of security, as well as lots of opportunity for mistakes. Think back about when you are young and finding your way in the world and deciding who you want to be and rebelling against your parents. Ask for their forgiveness. If you do these things in a heartfelt way and they don’t forgive you, you then know everything you need to know about them. Also, you know that you have done your best. No one can change the past. Eventually, everyone has to make their own choices. Please make the choice of forgiving yourself.

 

 

3) Forgive yourself for all the ways you perceive yourself as not enough.

It does not matter how smart, talented, hard-working, or committed you are. Honour yourself for all the talents, abilities, and accomplishments you have. As you shift your focus to all the things that are great about you, you will begin to see greater things. So do it now.

 

4) The ways in which you negatively compensated to cope with your life.

Maybe it was self-medicating with drugs and alcohol because the pain was overwhelming. Maybe it was being angry and nasty, lashing out at others because you were feeling bad about yourself due to the choices you made out of fear. Just the fact that you recognize this now demonstrates how far you have come. Make amends by forgiving yourself.

 

5) Having someone in your life you just were not able to love the way they deserved to be loved.

He or she might have been a partner or a family member growing up. Recognize at least part of the problem was that you did not love yourself enough. Remember that self-love should never be confused with arrogance. Sometimes, we truly don’t understand how important someone is to us until we have some distance, or lose them. While this is never easy, forgiving yourself is important. This is so that you can do better with them now, or the next time.

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