The importance of the word ‘perhaps’

When challenging thoughts, the word perhaps opens our interpretation to numerous possibilities.

Example:

I am a bad person.

This is a definite statement. Using the fact rather than opinion approach.

Look at it like this?

Perhaps I am being too hard on myself.

Perhaps I am a good person.

Perhaps I am a ‘normal’ person who makes mistakes?

Perhaps other people make similar mistakes.

Perhaps I have lots of other things going on in life at the minute.