I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing there was something wrong about needing correction.

If you are a human being, there is something for which you need to be forgiven.  There is something you have thought or said or done that you knew at the moment you were doing it was not the most loving or honorable thing to think, say or do.  Oh, sure!  You had a good reason for it.  We can always come up with an excuse or rationale for our behavior.  However, in the quiet moments when you are alone with yourself, you know you have done things that were not kind, nice or loving.  These are things for which you need to be forgiven. Often, we deny that we have done anything that requires forgiveness.  Nothing scares a human being more than the acknowledgment of wrongdoing.   We have been convinced that to commit a wrong is bad. Who wants to be bad?  You get spanked for being bad.  You can get hurt for being bad.  Some of us even believe that if you are bad enough, you cannot be forgiven.  The truth is, the things we call wrong or bad are actually our cries for correction.  The way to correction is through the acknowledgment of the truth.  The way the Spirit of love and life corrects the spirit of human beings is through forgiveness. When you are willing toacknowledge that you can do better, you become willing to admit to yourself those things for which you need to be forgiven.  The good thing is, if you admit them to yourself, it may never become necessary for anyone else to find out! Until today, you may have resisted acknowledging those things about you which you know require some correction.  Just for today, acknowledge them to yourself.  Forgive yourself for them.  Then, ask forgiveness from anyone else who may have been involved. Today I am devoted to acknowledging those things about myself that are in need of correction! From Until Today!  by Iyanla Vanzant