Shame is the failure to follow someone else’s authority.
I follow someone else’s authority with pride.
When I do so, they are proud of me.
When others are proud of me, there is no shame.
To avoid shame, I believe that there is something that I have to do, I must do, I ought to do, or I should do.
There is no shame in following my own path, my own authority and my own choice.
It is only a shame when I do not.
I can only fail to follow someone else’s path when I try to.
Shame is the disapproval of another for not doing it their way.
When I follow another’s path and rebel against it, I am either shameful or shameless.
When I follow my own path and make my own choices, there is no shame.
I become shame-free.