What if I forgave myself? I thought. What if I forgave myself even though I’d done something I shouldn’t have? What if I was a liar and a cheat and there was no excuse for what I’d done other than because it was what I wanted and needed to do? …What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was? Oprah’s note: That’s the process of forgiving yourself. There can be no healing until that happens. Everybody has to do it one way or another. Love that.
