October Diaries- Post #8: In the light of Forgiveness

Forgive yourself for the pain you put yourself through,
For unloving yourself when someone failed to love you,
For feeling small when the world tried to make you feel that way.
Forgive yourself for the path that you took by mistake,
For not knowing better when you expected yourself to,
For letting yourself down when you wanted to be the best.
Forgive yourself for hurting within and for hurting yourself some more,
For feeling ugly when they stopped calling you beautiful,
For blaming yourself for losing him, when he left of his own accord.
Forgive yourself for brooding and for sighing and for self pity.
Don't regret the time you spent redeeming yourself.
After a storm, take the time to recover, to rehabilitate and to restore.
Remember that the storm is never the end.
It's a second chance, pick up the pieces,
Discard the ones that weigh you down and put together those that make you whole.
And if a storm should come yet again,
It would have to think twice before trying to break you.
For forgiveness doesn't just heal, it empowers.