Stepping into Accountability
Radical self forgiveness is necessary.
I have a voice in my head that is so fucking hard on me. I’m harder on myself than anyone else.
As I dive deeper into the work in of embodying justice, I see and feel how important accountability is.
Justice is accountability.
It’s based on trust that we can hold each other in love. And that we can repair when there is harm or hurt or pain caused in relationship.
But if that critical voice in my head is the one that shows up when I’m in a conversation with someone I love or respect about repair, I can’t be open to learning. I can’t be open to feedback if my self bully is already telling me what a fuck up I am.
I have to learn to forgive myself. For EVERYTHING. For messing up, for choosing the wrong path, for lying, for secrets, for bullying, for being thoughtless, for causing hurt, for causing harm.
I have to forgive myself for everything in my past so that I can show up in this moment ready to learn.
Will you practice this with me?
Can you forgive yourself for something you did today that brought up feelings of shame, not enoughness, numbing, power-over, embarrassment? If you’re feeling brave enough, you might even share what you’re forgiving yourself for.
We need to step into this place of owning and accepting our missteps, and then forgiving ourselves for them, to be fully open to justice and healing.