Accepting Mercy

Today’s phrase to reflect on is, “Teach me to accept mercy.”

I am really hard on myself. When I do something wrong I am the first to start beating myself up. Especially when I have done something that hurts someone else.

I am lucky enough to I have people in my life who are willing to forgive me when I have hurt them in some way, but I have a hard time accepting their forgiveness and mercy.

Today we tap for being able to accept the gift of mercy from others.

AND as you are reading this you are thinking one of two things. 1) I need this. 2) There is no way I need this.

If you are in camp 2, I really encourage you to tap to this. You will be surprised.

Accepting Mercy
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I like being kind…I like being helpful…I like being able to extend a helping hand…And offer mercy to others…In big and small ways…But, personally I struggle…I struggle in accepting the mercy of others…I believe I should always do it on my own…I believe I should always get it right…Even when I don’t hold others to that standard…I believe that I should deal with the punishment…And the consequences that come…With every mistake that I make…It is good that I am kind to myself…It is good that I am kind to others…It’s hard for me to accept the kindness and mercy from others…It’s hard for me to accept the kindness and mercy for myself…When someone extends mercy to me…It’s an act of love…It’s an act of caring…When I refuse to accept that mercy…I’m depriving myself…And I’m depriving them of being merciful…It’s not a failing to accept mercy…
I give myself permission today to graciously accept the mercy of others…I give myself permission to not feel like a failure…When I’m graciously accepting that mercy…I want to extend mercy to others…And I need to give others the opportunity to do the same to me…They’re not judging me…They’re not saying I’m not worthy of doing a good enough job…They are extending mercy…Because that’s a very loving and human thing to do.