The Language of Letting Go, Feb. 8
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The Language of Letting Go, Feb. 8
FEBRUARY 8
You are reading from the book "The Language of Letting Go."
Letting Go of Guilt
Feeling good about ourselves is a choice. So is feeling guilty. When guilt is legitimate, it acts as a warning light, signaling that we're off course. Then its purpose is finished.
Wallowing in guilt allows others to control us. It makes us feel not good enough. It prevents us from setting boundaries and taking other healthy action to care for ourselves.
We may have learned to habitually feel guilty as an instinctive reaction to life. Now we know that we don't have to feel guilty. Even if we've done something that violates a value, extended guilt does not solve the problem; it prolongs the problem. So make an amend. Change a behavior. Then let guilt go.
Today, Higher Power, help me to become entirely ready to let go of guilt. Please take it from me, and replace it with self-love.
©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
You are reading from the book "The Language of Letting Go."
Letting Go of Guilt
Feeling good about ourselves is a choice. So is feeling guilty. When guilt is legitimate, it acts as a warning light, signaling that we're off course. Then its purpose is finished.
Wallowing in guilt allows others to control us. It makes us feel not good enough. It prevents us from setting boundaries and taking other healthy action to care for ourselves.
We may have learned to habitually feel guilty as an instinctive reaction to life. Now we know that we don't have to feel guilty. Even if we've done something that violates a value, extended guilt does not solve the problem; it prolongs the problem. So make an amend. Change a behavior. Then let guilt go.
Today, Higher Power, help me to become entirely ready to let go of guilt. Please take it from me, and replace it with self-love.
©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Originally Posted by honeypig 
FEBRUARY 8
Wallowing in guilt allows others to control us. It makes us feel not good enough. It prevents us from setting boundaries and taking other healthy action to care for ourselves.
Wallowing in guilt allows others to control us. It makes us feel not good enough. It prevents us from setting boundaries and taking other healthy action to care for ourselves.
My oldest is hurting, struggling, and very broken right now. I've overcompensated and jumped into rescue mode recently when I should not have. I know better, but I've done it anyway. Time to take a hard look at boundaries for myself. Parenting adult children is harder than I ever imagined it would be.
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