We need to make a more forgiving world. We don’t have to wait until we read the right book, or see the right video. It starts with being more forgiving, starting now. And a good place to start is to forgive ourselves.
Forgiveness is the harder work that we can only approach after we have gained some footing in vulnerability and compassion. We do not need forgiveness because we are evil. We need forgiveness because this is a hard world, where unforgivable things happen. We need whatever we can get our hands on to recover from things that happen to us, and also from the things we do to ourselves.
Compassion and the Individual, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama