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Be happy, my friends

The decision to forgive yourself or somebody else is a vote to live in the present moment. When we won't forgive ourselves, we are actually choosing to stay on a guilt trip so we can put ourselves through some extra mental anguish.

When we withhold forgiveness, we suffer.

Most people remember compliments for a few minutes and insults for years. They become garbage collectors, carrying around trash that was thrown at them twenty years ago.

We all live our lives the best way we know how. We make a lot of mistakes along the way. Sometimes we act on misinformation, sometimes we do stupid things, but we are still doing it the best way we know.

Nobody opens his eyes the moment he is born and thinks, "Great! Here is my big chance to go out and screw up my life!"

Being happy requires looking for good things. One person sees the beautiful view, and the other sees the dirty window. You choose what you see and you choose what you think.
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Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
Forgiving others is easy.
It's forgiving myself that is the hard one.
I know it's a toxic trait, but it is so hard to break the habit.
The way I tell myself is, I am just very strict on myself to do better the next time and that is how I drive myself to actually do better. I beat myself up over everything.
My anger management counselor said that I have spent a lot of time kicking my own ass and I have gotten pretty good at it.
I guess I worry about screwing up over and over even tho I always find new ways to screw things up.
Don't get me wrong tho. I do understand I am only human and we screw up but I just don't want to keep doing the same thing over and over and never learning to stop the cycle.