The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.” Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
We make a mistake, we have to go out and make amends. If we did something wrong, and we apologized and made a commitment never to do it again, it’s time not to keep beating ourselves up. We can’t let mistakes trigger our shame. We did wrong but we, ourselves, are not wrong.
We’re all in Life 101. Every day, we’re beginners. Each semester, we can learn from the past and try to do better. But we’re going to keep making mistakes. That’s part of being human and being alive.
How well do we recover from our mistakes? That’s what the learning is. That’s where the spiritual lessons are garnered.
To be a hero of our lives, we have to remember: No pain, no gain.
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About dianabletter
Diana Bletter is the author of several books including The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women (with photographs by Lori Grinker), shortlisted for a National Jewish Book Award, a novel, A Remarkable Kindness, (HarperCollins), a memoir, The Mom Who Took of on her Motorcycle, and The Loving Yourself Book for Women: A Practical Guide to Boost Self-Esteem, Heal Your Inner Child, and Celebrate the Woman You Are, an Amazon top-seller in several categories, and The Loving Yourself Workbook for Girls.
She is the First Prize Winner of Moment Magazine's 2019 Fiction Contest. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, tabletmag, Glamour, The Forward, The North American Review and is currently a reporter for The Times of Israel.
Diana and her husband have six children and an unofficially-adopted daughter from Ethiopia. They live in a small village on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel.
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