Dear self, I apologize for being so hateful all these years. I am sorry I have been so self-critical, especially towards my body, but also towards my being. I understand now that it all boils down to self love and respect. I will try harder to be less critical. I am sorry for lack of compassion I have exhibited towards myself and my body. I am a beautiful being, and I will strive to speak nicely to myself.

Merlin, I am so so very sorry, my heart still hurts bad, that I didn't provide a more healthy environment when you were dying. At the time, I thought everything was going to be okay. When things took a turn for the worse, it hurt so much to face it that I was almost still in denial. You represented an era in my life and you were also my best friend. I love you soo much. You knew I was beyond heartbroken too in your passing that you divinely sent us a message that you were close to God when we were hurting most. You were my best cat and still are. I will hold you with the highest esteem in my heart, forever.

Dear library patrons, I am very sorry for those instances when I have been rude to you. There have been so many misunderstandings between us (many of them both out of our control) about fines, books, due dates, budget cuts, the way something was said, library hours and so on. I know that on days when I was very unhappy with my job, and with myself, I took it out on you. I didn't realize until this last year that you are a reflection of me. I started coming home and meditating asking for a "re-do" when I knew deep down, it was me, not you, that needed a reality check. Please accept my apology. I know that I was wrong. This is not an excuse whatsoever but just an honest explanation of why I've been unhappy: I love books so much and I want to be an author. Instead of checking books out to you, I want to be the one writing one. Instead of being the one to answer your questions about the internet, I want to be the one writing the blogs, articles, or stories, you are reading. I have suppressed that energy for too long, it hurts my heart. My heart now extends to you, honestly, with gratitude + asking for forgiveness. I hope to have you in my life on a different spectrum where our library memories will not be those of ugly things said, but be those of books, mine included.

I apologize to myself for being so critical and expecting so much of myself. I want to release all worries, fears, not enoughness, and regrets I have created for myself. I want to love me more, and except all of the beautiful parts that make me. I am a giving and loving mother, wife, sister and friend, I do enough. I am enough. I also want to apologize to my mom for any pain I may have caused her. I love her as she loves me.

i apologize to my father for not saying " i love you" as he was dying.

I am sorry, mom, that I have so much trouble telling you that I love you. I don't know why I can't say it. Those words just scare me so much. And I'm sorry, brother for being so caught up in my own problems and not taking the time to help you with yours. I often forget how much you have to go through on a daily basis because to me you are just my brother. While others see you as the poor kid with autism and epilepsy who will never be able to function on his own and will probably turn into a vegetable, I just see you as my normal brother who I've known nearly all my life. I can never even begin to relate to what you have to go through but I'm trying to be somewhat understanding and make however long you have left a little bit better. I don't think it will ever be enough but it might be all I can do. If I could give my life to take all of this away for you and give you a normal life to live, it wouldn't even take me a heartbeat to do it. I love you and I'm sorry. I hope you know that.

Mom, I'm sorry I was such an insolent, violent, and downright mean teenager. I really put a strain on our relationship and your life as a single parent. I wish I could tell you how much I want to go back and change everything I've ever said to hurt you.

I am sorry that I didn't have the patience and compassion to understand how deeply unhappy you were and that you weren't able to love yourself. I'm so sorry that I couldn't help you more. I miss how we used to be, I miss that we used to love each other so much. I wish I had been able to understand your addiction and not let it destroy all we held dear. I'm sorry I couldn't honour "for better or worse, in sickness & in health"

I apologise for letting myself be a victim when my wisdom tells me I'm not and never have been.

I apologize for the hurtful, harmful, dishonest and reckless things I've done in my life, to others and to myself, out of not knowing how to love and accept myself. I apologize to the little baby I was not brave enough to bring into this world - I was so selfish and I just didn't love myself enough to believe I could be your mother. I apologize for the pain I've caused my family. I apologize also to my self for the countless hours I've wasted stewing and being angry and bitter and refusing to forgive. I am truly sorry.

When my daughter was born, my husband's mother came to visit us. I did not understand myself well then and so I hurt her by my behaviour, and I am so sorry for that. I wish I had been wiser and kinder and more loving. I did not understand how much it meant to her to have her first grandchild. I was very self-focused, for reasons I now understand better, and the result was that I did not see her or hear her or understand her and I caused her pain, and I am so sad now as I look back on that. Being in pain myself, as I now realize, did not ever excuse the pain I caused to her and others. I send her now my love and my heartfelt apology for the pain I caused her then. And thank you, Andrea, for this page that allows me to say this.

Dear family, friends, health care professionals, I apologize...for the all harm I've caused because of my own emotional chaos. I was so caught up in my turmoil and suffering that I spoke unkind words and acted in ways that were not in line with my core values. I am sorry for making you worry time after time. I am sorry that I blamed you for not being there for me the way I wanted you to. I now realize that you were trying your best to be supportive and you did what you did and said what you said because you didn't want to hurt my feelings. I am sorry for not taking responsibility sooner. I am learning. Sending love and light your way and to all beings. May all be well in body, mind, and spirit...

I apologize to myself for thinking I am ugly and telling myself I am ugly every day. I am sorry that I am so shallow as to judge myself on my looks, as if that is the sole measure of my value. I see the inside beauty in others and pray that God gives me the ability to see the beauty inside myself.

I am sorry Gerry for not letting you play with us when we were kids. I was just a kid too and needed my own space. You are a good guy and where always fun to be around, even if I was not. Love you a lot man.

I apologize for being violent with my own child. I apologize for being violent in my marriage, with my mother, with my father. Physically and with cruel words, i was derogatory with my partner Eduardo. I was cruel but at the same time i experince myself as a victim. I don?t want to create pain or damage anyone. I regret my behavior.

I am so sorry for inflicting harm on two innocent children, one 6 or 7 and an infant, in the late 70's when I was 11 to 13 years old. I apologize for giving form to sexual violence. I pray that all beings can find merciful forgiveness and healing for our own heartbreaking sexual trauma and all its heartless expressions. I am so sorry and sincerely apologize that my own incest pain struck-out and inflicted harm, hurt and pain for other young and vulnerable beings. May both perpetrators and victims find healing and come to know the depth of the hearts vast forgiveness and self acceptance ability. Thank you for this opportunity to acknowledge this weighty heartfelt burden. Blessings to all...

I'm sorry for all the years of self-abuse and punishment and for not forgiving myself for all my wrongdoing and unskillful thoughts, words and deeds. I'm sorry to those people I've harmed in any way. There are no excuses for my bad behaviour. I'm sorry for not being conscious enough to see all the harm that I caused and the problems I created by being selfish. I can only trust in the goodness, love, compassion, forgiveness and mercy of God and that somehow I can make amends for all that I have done by serving others and showing them those same qualities of compassion, love, forgiveness and mercy, where they are needed. By God's grace alone it is all done. Thank you Father for all the lessons learned and for the spiritual growth, however painful and most of all, for the opportunity to live and serve. :-)

I apologize for being responsible for causing anyone, including myself,to know pain or hurt of my words, actions and mindlessness. I apologize for my imperfect humanness...

I became so focussed on my worry and anxiety that my awareness contracted and I was dismissive and unkind to you. I will try to stay more aware and present. I am sorry.

im sorry aaron