Renewal starts with forgiveness and forgiveness starts with yourself. Forgive yourself. Some people think they have nothing to forgive themselves for, these are the people needing self forgiveness the most. God can forgive but the wounds won't be healed until we can forgive ourselves.
Start by looking at your past; are there things there you don't like to look at? Are there things you've been trying to push down and forget instead of facing them? We all have done things we aren't proud of, its part of learning and growing; but ignoring those things or pretending they never happened doesn't heal them or yourself. Ignoring prevents you from really being able to love yourself wholly. God loves you completely and wants you to love yourself in the same way.
Sometimes things in our past require deep healing and self love and forgiveness; others just need to be acknowledged. Start with the easy ones. Look at the times you aren't proud of where you did or said something you now wish you hadn't. At the time, you may have been able to justify your actions but with time, knowledge and maturity, you now know you were in the wrong. Or maybe you can see that it was just a "dumb choice" made from inexperience in life. Either way, pull them up and look at them.
You don't have to relive it, you don't have to analyze it, just be aware of it. Acknowledge that you are ready to let it go to be able to really love yourself. Once you do this you will be able to let it pass without upset in the future if you are reminded of it. If it involves a person you encounter again, you will be empowered to be able to apologize and let them know you are not the same person you were then.
The best way I've found to do this is by realizing you were a different person then than you are now. If you can honestly say as the person you are now, you would have acted differently or not have made the same choice, let that truly sink in. Feel it and know its truth, then accept and honor the situation as the life lesson it was, send it thanks for what you've learned, then let it go. Take a deep breath and feel the peace replace what it was. Feel the renewal start to take over.
Go through all your inventory of things you try to hide; it doesn't have to be all at one time, but really let the things go. You can even say out loud "I release you and thank you and now I choose to love myself". Take a deep breath and slowly let it out. Continue to breath through the situation until it is out of you, this can even be emotional as you let it go and let it out, that's a great sign of true healing.
Going through the process you should start to feel lighter as you forgive yourself and really start to love yourself. When you truly let it go and let love in you will feel the change and the light fill you up and fill your soul. You're on the right track. Love & Blessings.
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