Guilt and shame robs us of happiness.

Holding on to the pain as it is that final aspect of connection that we have.

Letting go was the hardest thing I ever did.

And I am sure it is a lesson it will still take me a lifetime to learn. But now that I see it for what it is, there is compassion mixed with freefall.

Nothing went wrong.

I was just a human guessing my best. And holding on to the familiar, even when the familiar was really painful.

Shedding these layers, I free myself like a caterpillar disintegrates and reforms to grow it’s wings. 

I, too, reshape myself from the dust of shame, and rearrange my oldnew self back, as just a human once more.

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