If I forgave others the way that I forgive myself, few people would be forgiven anything. I would be constantly upset with them. I find it so much more difficult to forgive me than to forgive others. It is a sin of false pride. I should be better than I am relative to others. They can mess up, but I cannot. They can be human, with faults and failings, bad habits that I accept or forgive, but I cannot be so human, or have faults or bad habits. Some days my life can be such a drag. Trying to be perfect is not easy. When God made Adam, God said, "It is good." God never said Adam was perfect. I seem to expect myself to be better than God's creation, to improve upon God. Pride. One of the seven deadly sins is often unnoticed.
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