When forgiveness is required, automatically we think it’s because of wrong doings others inflict upon us or wrong doings we inflict upon others.

Rarely do we think in terms of forgiveness as it relates to what we inflict upon ourselves.

When I saw this photo it made me think of my relationship with myself. I wondered how good am I at forgiving myself and if I am truly the rain in my relationship with myself? After all, we are our own worst critics. We criticize, badger, belittle, condemn, and pass judgment on ourselves way too much. So today I took some time to be the rain—to cleanse, wash away and forgive myself for:

• nursing old wounds instead of allowing them to heal
• expecting too much from myself
• expecting too little from myself
• ignoring my needs to please others
• ignoring others when I don’t feel the need to please
  
• being a nighttime comfort food eater
• being a participant on the roller coaster weight loss/gain plan
  
• not acknowledging my strength, my intellect, my humor
• sometimes forgetting to rely on my spiritual power
  
• bouts of being inauthentic while craving authenticity
• not always using my time wisely and effectively
• hiding from my family when I’m not in a “family friendly” mood
• hiding from my friends when I’m not in a “friend friendly” mood
  
• focusing too much on future goals instead of enjoying current blessings
  

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There you have it. My rain list. But here’s the thing, I’ll have to do it all over again tomorrow because I’ll have a new list of things to cleanse and forgive. Of course, it’s an ongoing process. And until I can reach consistent unconditional love and forgiveness for myself, I’m pretty sure there’ll always be a rain list.

What about you? Are you the rain? Can you cleanse, wash away, and forgive yourself?

NOTE:  This is a remix of a previous blog post I wrote two years ago and found it still relevant today (and always) because I was sitting in my office wallowing in my own pity party not knowing what to do. I eventually realized wallowing in pity serves nothing and no one so I decided to be the rain to cleanse and forgive myself. I tweaked this post a bit from the original but the message is still the same.