SHAME AND GRACE

One of my first realizations in this renovation process has been that I have lived much of my life with a sense of shame. My roommate lent me a book, “Shame and Grace” by Lewis B. Smedes. The author defines shame as a sense of feeling bad about who you are (as opposed to guilt, which is feeling bad about something you do). I’m not sure what is at the root of my shame yet, but I know that the feeling of “I’m not good enough” is all too familiar.