I once heard forgiveness to mean, ‘giving up the hope that things turned out differently.’ I firmly believe in forgiveness as it is one of the foundational bricks in building a stable house of unconditional love, with ourselves and others.

I recently noticed that I had been forgiving others and forgetting to forgive myself.

So, it is time to forgive, again. I forgive myself because:

1. I am human and I will mess up.

2. I am not meant to be perfect.

3. Sometimes I can be crazy, mean, selfish, rude, inconsiderate, vengeful, resentful and unkind but I am working everyday to be a better person.

4. Having negative traits doesn’t make me a bad person.

5. Everyday I am a different person and I want to embrace who I am today.

6. In forgiving myself, I can forgive others.

7. Unconditional love begins with me.

8. Projection and blaming others is stifling.

9. Internal growth begins with me.

10. The past has already happened and I can’t do anything but apologize where necessary.

11. I forgive because now that I know better, I will do better.

12. I choose to remove anything in the way of my happiness.