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Oops! I’ve made a lifetime of mistakes! (opens the original)
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I go to bed and I hold my decisions in my arms and tell them I love them.Last year I was torn up with guilt for a couple of months. My therapist says it was because I went against my values, treated someone a bit carelessly. But later I drove home thinking about how much I’ve lost, my earth-shattering errors, and how sincere they all were, how sincere I was while making them, how many more I’ll make in earnest. I welcome them. I own them all, too. I don’t feel shame in the way I used to. Maybe t
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