Here is the paradox of living guilt-free: It’s extremely difficult and so simple.
Hard because we are human. Simple because we have a choice.
It was a recent topic in my boundaries group - How do we, at times, place our wishes first, without guilt?
We somehow think that when our own desire is the priority in the moment, we must be completely forgetting everyone else, thinking we matter most. As if, including our desires in OUR life is selfish or we've become some kind of narcissist.
This is a made up story in our minds.
I mean, it’s usually an old story, and old habits - and stories - die hard.
Don’t they?
Hmm, maybe. Maybe not.
What if you made a new decision?
A decision that considers that guilt implies doing something wrong, and that when you choose yourself, you are STILL a thoughtful, caring person who does a lot for others. And, you decide when your choices are right or wrong, not your mother or past cultural or generational messages.
Can you feel the FREEDOM on the other side of letting guilt go?
Of fully, whole-heartedly embracing a guilt-free lifestyle?
Look, a little bit of human guilt is hard to avoid. In fact, in some situations ( dare I say the motherhood/work conundrum), it's close to impossible. But if it plagues you, it weighs you down at every turn, continually interrupts life satisfaction, reach out and we will rewrite the old tapes.
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