I woke up in the middle of the night last night and guilt was on my mind.  My primary focus was guilt for not writing another blog post in weeks.  Guilt about being unproductive.  Guilt that doubted my value if I wasn’t doing what I feel is important to me.  Guilt about my inherent worth as a human being. Ugh—that rabbit hole can be nasty! Fortunately, I am a good enough meditator that I was able to put those thoughts aside and go back to sleep.  But unfortunately, they were still on my mind this morning.  And because I suspect I’m not the only one who feels the nagging pull of guilt at least once in a while, I decided to write down some of the thoughts I’ve been able to explore as the morning progressed.

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