LiomsaLand - By Rev. Liomsa
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Chapter seven, guilt, guilt, feeling responsible for a perceived offense, real or imaginary guilt is strictly an English word. No other Germanic or Indo European language. Has it? Feeling guilty drains one's confidence and can easily become a habit when we become conditioned to believe we are responsible for not only our own but others behaviors and attitudes. In reality, we have no real power over anyone's actions or beliefs except for our own guilt. Like forgiveness causes many actions, anger and violence as well as illness and depression. The forgiven now feel like they can truly change because you have to let go of the idea that they are bad. You release them from negative self worth. You let them know that there is a clean slate and they alone have the choice to change or not. Releasing guilt carries the same benefits. You do have the power to forgive as well as rid yourself of guilt. We are all humans. The human experience consists of accomplishments as well as so called errors and failures. There really are no errors or failures but rather choices that lead us to a learning experience, easy or difficult, long or short. The key is to learn from those experiences and move on a life experience of any kind will direct your life in one direction or another. Depending on your choice of how you perceive that outcome. A tone, offer your sincere apology to anyone that you may have hurt, offended, damaged by your actions and move on with your life. The acceptance of that apology is on them. It is their own nous to accept or carry the burden of hate or unforgiveness. Your burden is lifted and any guilt should be gone with it. That does not mean to forget about the act, but rather recall it as a learning experience and one not to repeat. Think about that pet dog for a minute. You come home to find your sofa cushion shredded to pieces. Yikes. You immediately know who did it. You seek him out yelling, you find him cowering in the corner, sulking with that guilt ridden face. He knows he did wrong and awaits your disapproval after scolding him and cleaning up the mess, you have a minute or two to reflect on the situation while the dog still carries his guilt. Once you feel calmer, you approached him, talked to him in a gentler voice. Pet him, give him a treat and immediately his guilty face is gone. He has offered you his apology and knows hopefully not to do it again. Our actions should follow a similar pattern in life except for the cushions, part be sincere about it. Do not just laugh it off, but guilt is heavy regardless of the source life has so many daily challenges. Do we really need to face them with an additional burden? What say you?