FORGET IT.

I often come across some really embarrassing things. Sometimes I just can't get my mind off them. How could I do this?! I can't believe it! Oh my GOD this is so embarrassing!...etc. At that point my self-esteem just flushes right down the toilet, no, I mean the abyss, in a more delicate way. When it comes to the point I just can't handle the thinking and rethinking anymore, I tell myself this magic phrase: FORGET IT. And more often than not I forget about it. Not in the physical sense that I just totally forget about what I've done. I forget about the shameful part of it. I try to overlook my mistakes, pretending that it never happened. I'm still aware of the fact that what happened happened, but after telling myself to FORGET IT, I forget about the shame, the burden. I don't know what this says about myself--selfish, self-centered, whatever--but it does make me feel A LOT better. I don't know. but that's all it matters.