Self compassion

“Each one of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.”

― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy

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This day of all day

I am besieged by memories

Of things done, and undone

Of mistakes made

Big mistakes made

Of violations of what was right

But also memories of things done

Where people were helped

It is too easy to play back the bad

And ignore the good

To say to yourself

I’m a shit.. I make Tump look good

And to forget the moments

When you were there for someone hurt

When you said the right thing

When you weren’t impulsive (rare)

When you kept a boundary (even though you didn’t want to) 

I am way more than the sum of my sins

So are you

And guess what

God doesn’t count sins anyway