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Is Guilt Selfish?
August 28, 2013
Wherever there is a human being, there is a chance for a kindness.
-Seneca
-Seneca
"A director in New Jersey once told me, 'Guilt is a selfish emotion.' I was stunned! I always thought feeling guilty was the first step toward accepting responsibility for what I need to change. For that director, prolonged guilty feelings block her from taking action to make changes for the better. Guilt is 'all about me' and is paralyzing. In that case, I came to see her point. As Wayne Dyer, author and motivational speaker, observes, 'Worry is an attempt to control the future. Guilt is an attempt to control the past.' Perspective is a director's best friend."
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Anchorage, AK, United States
I would like to put in a good word for guilt.
I remember as a young boy wantonly destroying a robin's nest and eggs with a basketball. Immediately after I felt what I would call remorse. I still feel a twinge today when I think about the episode many years later. The feeling spurred an appropriate, albeit small, course correction on my development as a human being.
United States
This piece reminds me of the wonderful Eda LeShan who said, years ago, that guilt is destructive and paralyzing. A better approach, she said, is to regret and move on. Don't hang on to guilt. She was good.
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