Forgiving Yourself

It's been three days since I had the MRT work done, you can read about that on my pain-in-my-thigh post.  I still am not one hundred percent.  Only yesterday was I able to go a mile and then I just had to throw in the towel because the pain was excruciating. And today I was not even going to attempt to put on those old running shoes.  I did some foam rolling, some stretching and tried to relax (which never happens).   I am hoping the pain will subside with in the next week so I can have a couple of runs before I go in for surgery.  Like many fellow runners, when I run it calms me down and brightens my mood. 

I saw this image on the web today and a light went on.  I have been so down on myself because of my IT band and TFL injury.  I have been depressed and withdrawn all because I can not run.  Seeing this picture made me question why am I beating myself up over my injury?  I realized I need to forgive myself and my body.  I am not perfect and I need to learn that it's OK for me to be injured.  I am actually being good to my body right now by taking this time off to heal.  Only recently have I started to say "I forgive myself," and for some reason I always feel better after saying that.

Do you ever say that to yourself?