Do you feel the need to justify your actions?  There is a most excellent litmus test: If you are acting from your heart and your motive is in alignment with loving kindness, helpfulness, and service, then there is no need to justify.  Defensiveness comes as the soul’s way of saying, “Perhaps something is out of alignment here.”  There is no judgment in this.  Simply notice the difference between bondage and freedom.  When your heart is in the right place, the chains fall away.  May this help you make choices moving forward and understand those actions already taken previously when you learned by trial and error. 

You are so very loved.

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