i have not liked myself

I was once confused on whom should we really put in priority- is it ourselves or others? But then I realized, if we put ourselves first before others, then we are able to do better things for others as well. It is not being selfish, I guess. We just need to make ourselves as better persons for other people.

Most of us had been there. We all make mistakes. Learn to love yourself and learn to forgive yourself.

You are heading to the right direction my friend. We all have made stupid and reckless decisions. I had a lot of them, probably, more than you've made. It surely will remind us that we are not good enough to really liked ourselves. However, as the new year dawns, let it be a new start for us. Forgiving ourselves, forgetting the past, and press toward the mark of achieving our wildest dreams. Go, my friend, I believe you will become the best in whatever you envision yourself to be.

I make mistakes and make stupid decisions now and then. I feel sorry for that and sometimes feel ashamed. Yeah, I can't change that as it has happened. I have to face that. But at the same time, it teaches me a lesson and I can try to not make it happen again.

I agree with everything you just said & if you can do it & mean it you will come out a better person for having done so. I know that to be true, but for me, forgiving myself of past mistakes isn't possible. I can't ever go back in time & take back words I said in anger or just plain indifference, worse I can't even ask for forgiveness from the one person I hurt the most because she passed away in Sept. 2009. That person was my Mom. She deserved much better from her daughter then she received. I loved my Mom with all my heart but the sad fact is that I didn't realize just how much I loved her until it was too late. So much as I know I should I can't forgive myself because honestly I don't think I deserve such forgiveness.