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“I'm carrying guilt for something I did years ago.”
Guilt has a purpose — it tells you your values and your past actions are out of alignment. The question is what you do with that information. You can carry it indefinitely, or you can use it: acknowledge what happened, make amends if that's still possible, and then let your present conduct be the answer.
Your Practice
Write down honestly what you did and what you wish you'd done differently. If amends are possible and appropriate, make a specific plan to offer them. If not, write down one way you can act differently in a similar situation today. The past is fixed. Your conduct from here is not.
The Architects
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book VII