Letting go

[Starrlight]

Someone hurts your feelings

Because you made a mistake

You feel so terrible

But feel like others think you’re being overly sensitive when you show you care

Well it’s okay to feel what you feel

And it’s also ok to let it go when you are ready

It’s up to you

It’s your hurt

Your mistake

And it’s okay

Your feelings

Treat yourself right

❤️

[Kkimm]

Wise words

[mrmonk]

I feel like I can never entirely let go of the hurt I feel from my mistakes, so that the constant reminder will perhaps prevent me from making the same mistakes again.

[Starrlight in reply to mrmonk]

That’s a really good point. I conger up stupid comments I’ve made and cringe at the thought. Not helpful, but...Like you say though if I hurt someone’s feelings i can practice considering others feelings more in the future.

[Nothing_but_books in reply to mrmonk]

Thanks for bringing this up! It is so true for me, but in my case much less a conscious decision than an ingrained habit. Maybe I just microanalyze every mistake and beat myself up. I'd like to believe it makes me a better person, but I wonder. Do I really learn a darn thing? Or just pick at myself endlessly?

[Hidden]

I've felt so wounded by people I don't know if I can really be that open and try to develop some friendships anymore. I have a heavy heart. I'm not saying any of that to garner sympathy or have anyone pity me or anything like that, I don't seem to be good at keeping friends for a long time. Part of it is I've moved around a lot in different areas of my state. It's hard when there's little face to face contact and a person becomes a voice on the phone or an email.

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

It’s hard to be open when we have been hurt we keep our guard up but we can work on healing and eventually get to a point where we can get close to people again... I have only a small amount but very great friends that I can open up to and then there are those people around you that its best to put up a shield against sometimes very sad

[Dubba61]

Well said Starr. 💙

[Starrlight in reply to Dubba61]

❤️ thanks my friend

[Hidden]

Nothing wrong when we acknowledge our own mistakes..sounds right and ok to me ..nice post

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

Thanks my friend... I was barely awake when I wrote that post, I think my son was giving me a hard time so I felt bad I’m not perfect damnit ha anyway how was the beach?

[Hidden in reply to Starrlight]

Beach was nice..how was your night?

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

Good 😌 my night was really fun