I found this on a different site an thought it might be sustaining for those of us who struggle with asking if the outcome would have been different if only we had: phoned for an ambulance more quickly / insisted the doctors address side effects / implemented treatment in three weeks, not three months /administered antibiotics in a timely way / referred patients to specialists sooner / followed treatment protocols, and so on.
'I saw a quote online by Maya Angelou that I read constantly:
"Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know before you learned it." '
Thank you for sharing that quote wesurvived. She’s so right. But it’s so hard to forgive ourselves. Especially for being here when they are not.
I have copied it down and shared with our little Craft Crew, all who have mental health struggles deriving from different paths. I think I would like to make that quote into some kind of picture / collage. I know that sometime, hopefully soon, I will be able to follow the mantra.
