I Give Myself Permission To Let Myself Off The Hook For Making Mistakes

It is all too easy to beat ourselves up for past mistakes. Sometimes it even feels good to beat ourselves up.

But in the end it isn’t at all helpful.

Today we are going to tap to be easy with ourselves and accepting of our past mistakes.

I let myself off the hook for making mistakes.
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I want to be a person of integrity…I want to be all that I can be…And when I make a mistake…there’s a part of me that thinks I deserve Swift justice…that knows my intentions…But knows what I’m really capable of…and with a ruthless attack…digs in…and goes after me…It punishes me…It penalizes me…because it knows what I am capable of…It also believes that if it beats me up…then if it beats me down…if it makes me suffer…I’ll make better choices next time…I’ll make healthier choices next time. I’ll move forward in such a way…that success is possible…because it doesn’t want to feel…The pain of being beaten up again…and even if that is well intentioned…and even if that is rooted in wanting better…that is not better…That is not helpful…That is not healthy…constantly and consistently beating myself up…is not going to put me in a place…that allows me to move forward in a healthy way…It imprisons me…It holds me back…I give myself permission…to release and let go of that critical voice…to release and let go of that part of me…that is beating me up…That is beating me down…I give myself permission…to be easy with myself…easy with my choices, easy with my mistakes…I give myself permission…To love myself. I give myself permission to forgive myself. I give myself permission to be gentle with myself. I’m going to give myself permission. To love myself. I give myself permission to forgive myself. I give myself permission to be gentle with myself. I give myself permission to love myself. I give myself permission…Did he gentle with myself. I give myself permission to forgive myself….I am worthy of love…I’m worthy of gentleness…I am worthy of forgiveness.