When you feel unworthy of someone’s kindness

Donnette Anglin
ILLUMINATION
Published in
2 min readApr 8, 2021

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A sincere apology for your wrong could be the solution

Photo by Lesly Juarez on Unsplash

“Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully” — Richard Bach.

Your conscience is a powerful thing. It plays on your mind all the time.

When your actions toward another are unkind, your conscience cannot bear the guilt when that person is kind toward you.

I’m a stickler at being kind to others who knowingly judge, criticize, or done me wrong.

I get a kick watching them suffer being tormented with all the kindness and good I direct towards them.

Unbeknown to them, It’s my way to get back by playing with their emotions and prove they were wrong about me all along.

I play with their conscience.

But put aside me being mean. That is never my intention whenever I extend my hands of kindness. I always do it with a genuine and compassionate heart.

I just wanted to bring an awareness of how our conscience works on our minds, so we can be more mindful of the things we do in our daily lives and avoid carrying the burden of a guilty conscience.

The Oxford languages define conscience as — An inner- feelings or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the

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Donnette Anglin
ILLUMINATION

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