Have you ever had the realization that you are not as good a
person as you thought yourself to be?
People go through life following their inclinations, guided
by their sense of morality, what they believe to be right. It is very rare for
one to go gravely against their own conscience. Even an evil person believes at
every moment that they take the best possible course of action available to
them at the current time.
However when you sit down later for reflection and
introspection you may realize that you’ve messed up. You made the wrong
decisions, you said the wrong things, you let go of someone you should never
have let go of. You went through life thinking that you were Cinderella and
then realized that you were the evil stepmother. The villain in the fairytale.
And then you break down.
The knowledge that you were not as good as you thought
yourself to be can wreck you. After all you can fight fearlessly against the
whole world as long as you believe that you are right, you believe in yourself.
The loss of that belief is a tragic thing. What do you do when hope is lost and
all seems bleak?
There is a way to be good again.
No matter how far you have strayed from the path of righteousness
as long as you are living and breathing, every second that your heart beats, your
fairytale is far from over. The legend continues and the plot can still change. You write your tale as you go; your choices
determine the rest of you story. It matters not what you did but what you
choose to do henceforth.
You may be wracked with guilt, remorse and regret for things
that happened in the past. The fastest cure for these is reparation. Saying
sorry is important, making things right even more so. You have the responsibility
to put things back to how they were or at the very least, try.
You may have started out as the villain but you can always
become the hero.
So stand up again and take heart.
Because your story isn’t over yet. There is a way to be good
again.
