Burn Last Year Burn

My List of 2009 Absolutions:

I forgive myself for hating and the parts of my body that didn’t “measure up” last year.  I forgive myself for feeling guilty that I felt that way.

I forgive myself for not listening to my instinct 100% of the time when I clearly knew thrill and adventure were out to get me.

I forgive myself for calling my teenager an “ass” – more than a few times, even if at the time I felt he deserved it, I know he doesn’t deserve to have it on replayed in his memory which is what phrases like that tend to do.

I forgive myself for not wanting to play legos, ever. It’s ok that I’m not into them.

I forgive myself for playing my viola out of a sense of obligation instead of joy.

I forgive myself for the guilt I feel over loving that my children go away to preschool for 12hrs a week.

I forgive myself for not trusting in my abilities to move my own projects forward when clearly others believed in my abilities enough to ask me to push theirs.