{"id":7938,"date":"2018-08-07T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=7938"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:59:29","slug":"guilt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=7938","title":{"rendered":"Guilt…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our word for today is guilt – the fact or state of having committed an offence. On one hand, we could feel guilt because of a terrible crime, we’ve committed. On the other hand, we could feel guilt, simply by being who we are.<\/p>\n

I have said before that I feel guilty because of an accident of birth. I was born in Canada, considered one of the best countries in the world. I have been given a free education to the end of high school and paid less than students in other countries for a university education. I have free medical care for life.<\/p>\n

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I think of people, not as fortunate, and I wonder, why me. I was embarrassed by my good fortune, when I was in a third world country last February. At home, I don’t have to scramble daily for food, live in unsanitary conditions, follow rigid customs. I feel guilty because I can travel where I want, wear what I want, and for the most part, do what I want.<\/p>\n

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I don’t even have to be out of Canada to feel guilty. I wonder, when I pass someone in a wheelchair, why was I spared that accident or that disease? I feel guilty because I was born white caucasian  – I don’t have to deal daily with judgements based on the colour of my skin and I feel guilty, when I pass a street person. I have not known poverty of that extent.<\/p>\n

By being who I am, where I am, I have not committed an offence, however, I still feel guilty. In researching the definition of guilt, I came across this interesting website –  https:\/\/www.unstuck.com\/advice\/6-ways-to-banish-guilt-from-your-life\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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I’m not sure that I will ever banish this anxiety from my life and maybe I shouldn’t try. It is humbling. It gives me empathy and makes me appreciate the blessings I have.<\/p>\n

The pictures? My blessings.<\/p>\n

Have a guilt free day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our word for today is guilt – the fact or state of having committed an offence. On one hand, we could feel guilt because of a terrible crime, we’ve committed. On the other hand, we could feel guilt, simply by being who we are. I have said before that I feel guilty because of an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reality","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7941,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7938\/revisions\/7941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}