Conversation – 15

Winter Fashion Gallery I am cold. We will have snow and then some in a couple days.

Chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Thank goodness we have Andrew Lessman. It cures my cravings. However, I am quite concerned about Belgium, chocolate and me.

It is hard for any of us to see those we love with health issues. Wouldn’t we all like to have a magic wand to eradicate illness. Ah me.

On the lighter side SFA off Fifth is having a BOGO sale. Of course, this is slight balderdash since they raise the price from 40% off to 20% off and then they buy one, get one. I have been watching one of the fan necklaces. It is the one with the pale aqua beads. As my bogo, I got the necklace with the lion on it. I can wear it with gold.

Am I nutty or what?

You are a very good person……let us hope we all get well and stay well.

On a funny note; I wish Heidi would design a collar or harness for the doggies.

Have some and have a great day. 🙂

Releasing Guilt

Dwelling in guilt is like living your life with an anchor tied to your ankles, dragging you down.

Learning to accept the things that we perceive as wrong can be a difficult task for many of us. Often we have been brought up to accept that it is normal to feel guilty about our actions and that by doing so we will make everything seem alright within ourselves. Even though we might feel that we have a reason to make up for the choices we have made, it is much more important for us to learn how to deal with them in a healthy and positive way, such as through forgiveness and understanding.

When we can look back at our past and really assess what has happened, we begin to realize that there are many dimensions to our actions. While feeling guilty might assuage our feelings at first, it is really only a short-term solution. It is all too ironic that being hard on ourselves is the easy way out. If we truly are able to gaze upon our lives through the lens of compassion, however, we will be able to see that there is much more to what we do and have done than we realize. Perhaps we were simply trying to protect ourselves or others and did the best we could at the time, or maybe we thought we had no other recourse and chose a solution in the heat of the moment. Once we can understand that dwelling in our negative feelings will only make us feel worse, we will come to recognize that it is really only through forgiving ourselves that we can transform our feelings and truly heal any resentment we have about our past.

Giving ourselves permission to feel at peace with our past actions is one of the most positive steps we can take toward living a life free from regrets, disappointments, and guilt. The more we are able to remind ourselves that the true path to a peaceful mind and heart is through acceptance of every part of our lives and actions, the more harmony and inner joy we will experience in all aspects of our lives.

@southernlights55,

I am on my second round of antibiotics and I have a couple more days to take.
Very cold today and I hope you feel better soon.

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