Informed Action

"I have no creative use for guilt, yours or my own. Guilt is only another way of avoiding informed action, of buying time out of the pressing need to make clear choices, out of the approaching storm that can feed the earth as well as bend the trees." - Audre Lorde, poet

Guilt used to be my middle name. I felt guilty about everything and I felt guilty all of the time. I'm not sure when this first started but I can remember many times when I would feel sick inside because I felt a sense of doom all the time. It made for a miserable existence.

The guilt I felt was overwhelming me in every aspect of my life. I felt responsible for other people's feelings. I felt responsible for every one's happiness. I needed to change things but I didn't know what to do about this huge burden I was carrying around.  God blessed me - He brought people into my life who had lived with the kind of guilt that I lived with and yet they had found a way to change their outlook. They were able to release the guilt that had weighed them down for years. I chose to follow their example and I did what they did and I was able to release my guilt as well.

Today I choose to do the best I can do every day. If I'm treating others with respect, if I'm helping others as much as possible, if I'm the best "Kathleen" that I can be, then I don't have anything to feel guilty over. As for other people's feelings, that's their responsibility, not mine. I do my best to respect everyone but I'm only responsible for me. Today I release all guilt, I accept my humanness, and I seek to express my divine Spirit at all times. Thank you God for bringing me to this point. I'm truly blessed.