Forgive yourself

I once saw a quote by Maya Angelou that changed my perspective on life forever. It read "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."

So many times, we beat ourselves up for things we did in the past (a wrong financial decision, staying at a job where you were undervalued, being with someone who didn't see how much you're worth), but the truth is that when you made that decision, that was the best your knowledge of yourself and your understanding of life could do.. You were simply doing what you knew best to do for yourself at the time. Staying angry at yourself does not take you back in time to make better decisions that suit who you now know yourself to be. Besides, the consequences you had to suffer for making those "wrong" decisions are punishment enough already. You've seen your mistakes. Pick the lesson and move on. Don't dwell there any longer.

You forgive others’ mistakes easily; how about you show yourself that grace too? Rooting for you!

-Hembafan from MANI