Guilt is cumulative. It collects and builds over a lifetime. It seems useful. It's like carrying a backpack of rocks around all day in the hope that it will make you stronger. Inevitably, it weighs you down and makes you unable to stand tall and confident.
Refuse to identify with guilt. You have it, but it isn't who you are. You may think there is a "God" somewhere who wants you to feel guilty. If so, your "god" is very small and created in your ego's image.
Stand tall today and breathe deeply. Offer your guilty thoughts as a gift to the Presence of God within and around you. Give those thoughts away and they are no longer yours. Ask to see yourself as you truly are. You cannot feel guilty enough to make anyone else feel better. You can help others to feel better/stronger by your strength, your love, and your joy. Whatever choices you have made in the past, today, you get to choose again.
Be thankful for who you are and that guilt is unnecessary in your life. Give thanks for the Presence within you who sees you as you truly are. You truly are a blessing to the world.
William Frank Diedrich is the author of 3 books, all available at http://intelligentspirit.com .
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