If I forgive myself am I letting myself off too easily?
/Forgiving yourself isn’t the same as lowering your standards. Because forgiveness changes you.
How can it sound to confuse forgiving yourself with lowering your standards?
How has forgiveness changed you? How have you seen it change others?
…the reminder I especially needed was his compassionate naming of how each of his “illusions” had served their purposes—and that he didn't need to judge himself or others harshly for having them.