I feel like "Help! giving up!"

We've all felt like throwing in the towel when life knocks us down. Here, experts share easy ways to boost our resilience and restore hope

Believe in you Let go of shame

If the reason you want to give up is because you feel like you let yourself or someone else down, pastor Max Lucado urges you to forgive yourself. "If God can forgive us, why is it so hard to forgive ourselves?" He adds that the key to self-compassion is admitting your mistakes. "Tell yourself, 'I acknowledge I messed up; it's in the past now and I've learned from it.' There's a reason the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror: The future is bigger than the past, and self-forgiveness helps you see that even if you did something bad, you are not bad, and you should never give up on yourself."

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