Carrying around guilt and shame can be detrimental to our health and relationships. It comes from a place of feeling unworthy and sends the message to our subconscious that we aren’t entitled (to love, success, security, fulfillment). It’s a painful habit that keeps us small and separate from the life we want to be living.
Someone said to me today, “One can never have too much support.” I have been thinking about how that relates to the burden of guilt and shame many people have felt since childhood. The question that comes to mind is: what support do we need in order to make amends with ourselves?
We are often the ones we have hurt the most. As we become aware of these self-inflicted wounds, we get to make compassionate choices about our own healing. By taking loving action, we affirm our ability to appropriately nurture and care for ourselves (not by ourselves). We may still be fearful but the reality of our innocence becomes more evident. Our sense of worthiness expands.