{Private Practice spoiler alert from this past week's episode}
There was a scene in this week's Private Practice TV show. It was between Addison and Sam in the doctor's office right after she woke up from a medical procedure. The scene was intimate, just the two of them.
Sam asked Addison to tell him why she loved him and she went on to list them. He also reminded her of his mistakes, mistakes he made that hurt her. You see, Addison can't get passed all the mistakes she has made in her life and mostly in relationships. Sam went on to tell her why he loved her. She stressed to him all the mistakes she had made. He told her that she was human, that he was human. When you put together all your great qualities along with your mistakes, it makes you human.
Therefore, you are perfect, I am perfect.
Wow! That scene really spoke to me.
We are so hard on others and on ourselves. It is easy to forget that we are all human and it's in our nature to make mistakes. Little ones and big ones. We learn from them and move on. Sometimes it's hard to forgive ourselves and others but hardest most times to forgive ourselves.
What are your great qualities?
What mistakes have you made?
Do you let those mistakes define who you are?
or
Do you accept both good and bad as who you are?
Good and Bad teaches us life lessons and is what makes us who we are.
It shapes us to move in the direction we need to be.
Yes, there are some people who we all think just don't get it.
I wonder though if those people just have not been forgiven by others or by themselves.
Something to think about.
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| Thursday: Casey Wiegand |
