LET ME NOT FORGET MY FUNCTION. LET ME FORGIVE AND BE HAPPY.

There is a point in our life when the innocence we had as children fades away and guilt and blame take over. What came natural to us as children - spontaneous displays of affection and laughter - gets censored as we are socialized into believing that talking to a stranger is dangerous and too much laughter is not right. We are told to be ‘good’ around adults which signals to children that just being who they are is not ‘good’ enough. This is where we learn to blame others for what we believe deep down inside to be our own faults. We create a personage to hide what we think are the unlovable and unforgivable parts of ourselves, alienating ourselves from our true Being. The result is a rift between our authentic self and the personage we have created. In this space we feel lost, separated, alienated from and afraid of the world. We lose ourselves beyond recognition. It’s important to understand that we all have a shared function, which is to forgive ourselves for our believed shortcomings. Because we actually have no other choice if we wish to be happy. Once the feeling of guilt is lifted and the urge to blame diminishes, the innate happiness we were born with emerges effortlessly.