Making mistakes is normal. We are meant to take decisions to chart the course of our life ahead. Not everything we decide will turn out right and sometimes we do things knowing very well we shouldn’t be. We get carried away in spite of our better judgement.
In most cases, one can recover from the mistake. What pulls us down and keeps us there is our guilt and anguish. We silently carry this subconscious load in our hearts, feeling a burden in life even in prosperity.
We find it easier to forgive others than ourselves.
We must remember that we too are as deserving of our love as others are. Our capacity to drop the past and move on with others is the same loving capacity we need to drop the past and move on with ourselves. And when we still feel helpless that we can’t overcome our past, our tears of helplessness in ardent prayer washes the burden because our genuine tears for change invokes Grace.
Every day is a new beginning and every day presents us the opportunity to start afresh. We cannot change the past. But we can honestly re-examine our lives, resolve to bring about change and restart as of now.
Life gives us a second chance – Everyday. Not taking it is a big Mistake.
Beautiful! Well said Viv.
Vivek my immense gratitude for your life changing thoughts , I suggest you publish a book which would be very useful and handy. Stay blessed.
I can relate to this so well ! It’s been such a journey of learning for me with your unwavering support Vivek 🙏
I totally second Rajesh Mehta’s suggestion to publish your daily musings and reflections 👍🏼☺️ Especially for times when.one wants to take a much needed break from the digital world
Thanks Vivek, for me grace and forgiveness are central to managing change and coping with brokenness in ourselves and others. Thank you for painting them so beautifully into your illustration.
Made me smile and I kissed myself “said it’s ok baba, start from today!”
Thank you for this today
Other than guilt and anguish there is one other thing that holds us back and I would say it holds us back even more than guilt and anguish, and that is ego. The ego first comes in the way of our even acknowledging that we have made a mistake and then in letting others know that we were wrong.