I don’t think being truly human has any place for guilt…contrition, yes, but guilt no. Contrition means you tell God you are sorry and you’re not going to do it again and you start off afresh. All the damage you’ve done to yourself [is] put right. Guilt mean you go on and on belaboring and having emotions and beating your breast and being ego-fixated. Guilt is a trap. People love guilt because they feel if they suffer enough guilt, they’ll make up for what they’ve done, whereas, in fact they’re just sitting in a puddle and splashing. Contrition, you move forward. It’s over. You are willing to forgo the pleasure of guilt. -–art critic, Sister Wendy Beckett (Bill Moyers interview)
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