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Even in death African Americans were bought and sold

Sometimes the more uncomfortable learning is the most powerful

People who generally seek to forgiven themselves are people who want to change,

They don’t want to repeat the mistakes of their past.

To want genuine self forgiveness you must be a person do conscious

If you feel guilt, shame, regret, or remorse of something you’ve done, this is the place to begin

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The realization of wrong doing and acceptance of responsibility generally initiates feelings of guilt and regret which must be fully experienced before one can move toward self forgiveness.

Pseudo self-forgiveness is a defensive psychological process where an individual bypasses genuine guilt and shame after a wrongdoing by minimizing harm, denying responsibility, or blaming the victim rather than accepting accountability.

Behavioral outcome: prevents reconciliation and repeats cycles whereas Genuine self forgiveness, promotes behavioral change and amends

Don’t dismiss your pain first because then you’ll be able to understand the person who hurt you is also hurting (whether ignorance).

Humility is what everyone needs
Anyone who has harmed another has been harmed

Read more about Warren Buffett and rich people

At bottom of page when hella talks about women

The mentioning of Giovanni’s room subliminal like a prison

This really teaches you how to deal with money but form a spiritual point

We don’t people when we feel good about ourselves

Great mothers know that they are worthy of love and belonging and as a result they raise children who know they are worthy of the same

From husband “my life is better when I assume that people are doing their best.”

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story - Orson Welles

Confabulation is a memory error where a person unconsciously creates false, distorted, or fabricated memories. Unlike lying, the person is not trying to trick anyone; they truly believe their made-up stories or facts are real and accurate.

Therapeutic surrender

Why not have better coping skills?

Well when you realize that most of your anguish is an attempt to avoid anxiety and that your avoidance interferes with building new neuro pathways you will see the most effective way forward is to change your relationship with anxiety so it no longer runs your life.

Willingness to go through instead of around something that causing anxiety