Dear Helcat:

I re-read my post of just over a day ago, and I want to correct a mistake I made. I wrote: “Normalize wrongdoing as part of being human, while doing all one can do to correct, to not repeat and to minimize mistakes and wrongdoings. Do No Harm (the Buddhist principle) best you can while accepting that to some extent, be it the least: to be Human is to Harm“-

– English being not my first language, and I sometimes use words incorrectly. I didn’t mean to suggest that wrongdoing and harming others is okay- these ar not okay!

What I  meant is that reality is that we all make mistakes and we all harm others at times, in one way or another, to one extent or another, be it by being thoughtless here and there, saying something that’s hurtful because we said something  impulsively (or by unintentionally using a word incorrectly). No one can be perfect. Have to accept it in regard to myself, and in regard to everyone else, while doing my best, and encouraging others to do their very best to Help and to do No Harm.

anita