Helping someone to cross the street, feeding a hungry person, rescuing a stray animal, most of us are moved to lend a hand when we see a need. However, the most fundamental kindness, I believe, lies in how we treat ourselves. We spend so much time and effort beating ourselves up for what we have not done, for the mistakes we've made, for the dreams and goals we've let go by. It's exhausting and debilitating. No wonder we get stuck.
It's time to change. It's time to be kind to ourselves, to let go of that scolding, criticizing, blaming voice inside our heads that makes us feel so bad. As has been said over and over, we are our own worst critics. Why concentrate on the bad? Ask anyone who knows and loves you: you will hear a litany of all the good things they see in you. Recognize and accept the good while acknowledging that, for your entire life, you are a masterpiece in progress.
Resolve to be kind to yourself while you work on what needs to be done. You'll free yourself up to pursue all the wonderful dreams you've been saving for "some day."
Repeat after me:
"Today, I will be kind to myself!"
Again.
"Today, and every day, I will be kind to myself!"
Salud to your kinder self.
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