GUILT - The Double Edged Sword (Good and Bad Sides)

A little bit of guilt is a good thing because it makes you a better person. Too much guilt is a bad thing because it makes you a worse person

A LITTLE BIT OF GUILT LOOKS LIKE THIS

Please don't do that again, here is why. 

(Understanding increases self-esteem)
 
TOO MUCH GUILT LOOKS LIKE THIS

What the hell were you thinking? Are you stupid or something? When are you going to grow up and quit being such a jerk? I can't believe you did that.  I raised you better than that. The next time you do that I am going to punish you so bad you will wish you were dead.

Too much guilt undermined a person's self-worth and makes them feel like they are a bad person. Once a person gets it into their head that they are a bad person they have no choice but to become the terrible person that you told them that they were.

A little bit of  guilt delivered with love, compassion and understanding, nurtures people and helps them build a strong sense of self-worth while too much guilt undermines and destroys self-worth.

Guilt ATTRACTS What We DON'T want. (Article)

Many people think guilt is something God created. That couldn't be further from the truth.  Guilt is a man-made thing. Guilt was developed by man so he could rule over and control his fellow man.  The only thing guilt is good for is to make sure you feel more guilt the next time you do what you want to do that someone programmed you not to do. 

In keeping with the law of attraction good feelings ALERT you that you are going in the the direction of what you do want while bad feelings ALERT you that you are moving in the direction of what you don't want.

The best way to deal with guilt is when feeling it is to 'feel what you feel' without judging yourself for feeling it. If you do that, the guilt you feel will dissolve naturally. And if you repeatedly handle guilt this way, all of your guilt will melt away from you so you can live a guilt-free life. 

We do not need to feel guilty to be a good person because God doesn't manage us with guilt, he manages us with love.  

When we are not suppose to do something God doesn't want us to do, He doesn't make us feel guilty.  He simple tells us not to do it in a way that inspires and empowers us not to do it. If you listen closely God will actually explain why doing something won't work for you.

All thoughts and actions that make you feel good about being you are from God, the rest are not.

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Feeling Guilty? I have two words for you. STOP IT!  Guilt doesn't correct our weaknesses, it makes us repeat our weaknesses over and over again.

A Worry (War) Story

I wrote a friend of mine about how I gave up worry cold turkey.
Here is her comment back to me about worry and my response to it.:

 A Worry (War) Story

I have at times almost felt guilty for NOT feeling guilty or worrying. - Katie  
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I know that one well.  I was a worrier, a catholic worrier, from the time I was seven years old when I started believing the catholic teachings about lying and going to hell. At 16, I was attending Saint Vincent Prep.  I was walking up past the school library when I SUDDENLY realized I wasn't worrying about anything. The rush of inner freedom I felt from not worrying was so powerful that it scared the poop out of me and I, immediately, started worrying over the fact I wasn't worrying (in hindsight, how stupid I was). And before I knew it I was pulled back into the worried state of mind that lasted up until a few months ago when I gave up WORRY, cold turkey. As I said in my prior letter to you, the first week of giving up worry was hell. I wore a rubber band around my wrist and every time I caught myself falling back into that worried state of mind, I snapped the band against my wrist to snap me out of a worry spell. After one week of snapping the band against my wrist. I had completely reprogrammed my mind to become worry free. How liberating it is not to worry any more.


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Thought to PONDER 
Ever notice the happier you get, the unhappier 
some of the people around you get?  I wonder why that is?
If you have an answer, leave a comment.


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