Shame

You only know what you know

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Whew that word shame hit like a ton of bricks; it is so crazy because I believe shame is rooted in ignorance. Oftentimes I notice when I have the most shame it is from the things that I did not know. Then my worth steps in like ‘Dedra stop beating yourself up for the lack of knowledge’. You only know what you know. Life is all about experiences that are unexpected. Again, you don’t know what you don’t know. I realized the real storm isn’t even in the know, it is how you apply what you know when you do know. Bars! What you gon do? I think we often get lost in guilt and start to feel less then, when really it’s a test to endure this thing called life. Stop beating yourself up over the past, present or future! Do what you can and know that’s enough with what you know + have! Little by little that shame can turn into self love. Self love is the beauty in finding humility in shame. 

Cadedra Burks 

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Shame