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4.When I feel guily about something, change it and let it go.

Guilt can serve a purpose, but most often it is a wasted emotion.  It serves to tell us that we made a decision that was against our true beliefs or against who we really are.  That in itself serves a wonderful purpose.  It tells us we are off track, and that we need to take a second look at what we are doing.

The problem comes when guilt cycles again and again with no introspection and not change in behavior.  This type of guilt is debilitating and serves no positive purpose.  My resolution this year is to let go of guilt quickly.  I was to use it to keep me on track in being who I am here to be.  I want to feel it, recognize what it is saying to me, make the adjustments that I need to make, and let it go. If it is result of old thinking or holding myself to unreasonable standards (see #2), then I need to conciously let that go as well.  It requires energy to look at where it's coming from, but nowhere near the energy toll that it takes as it continues to cycle over and over again in my psyche.