Matthew 4:17 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) ¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, crying out, Repent (change your mind for the better, heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Repentance means to change your thinking so shyness and rejection will not control our actions. We get free from shyness, rejection, insecurity and rejection by repentance. Repentance means to change our mind or change our thinking.

My actions are a manifestation of the thoughts that produce those actions. Our thoughts are the thing that produce actions both good and bad. I am responsible for my actions.