Accidental Impacts

Addressing something serious today...how to forgive yourself when you make a mistake with horrible consequences, such as hitting a pedestrian with your car or unintentionally shooting someone. It's something that isn't written about a lot, but there are these links:

Accidental Impacts is for people who have caused accidental death or injury. They discuss:

• Coping with emotional distress
• Wrestling with responsibility
• Honoring the experience, and those who have been harmed, by becoming better, stronger people.

* On Living After Accidentally Killing Someone by poet Gregory Orr
* The Sorrow and the Shame of the Accidental Killer
* Forgiving yourself
* Forgiving yourself, II
* Forgiving yourself, III