selfForgiveness = permissionToLearn;
mistake.happens();
self.takesResponsibility();
self.learns();
if (mistake.isUnderstood)
lesson.stays();
if (self.forgives)
self.triesAgain();
if (nextTime.arrives)
self.doesItBetter();
selfForgiveness != forgetting;
selfForgiveness = learning;
// self forgiveness is giving myself permission
// to learn from my mistake
// and do it better next time

// by jimena buena vida • Marfa, TX 2026