Be compassionate
Towards yourself.
The way you would
Towards any other human being.

This one is hard.
We expect so much OF ourselves.
And FROM ourselves.

We have HIGH bars.
We have EXTREME expectations.
And here's the thing:
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY ARE EXTREME!

Have compassion
For yourself.
The way you would have compassion for
A child who was trying their best
But was beating themselves up
For not measuring up.

Because that's what we do.
If we're human.
We have this idea...
This ideal image of who we are "supposed to" be
And what we're "supposed to" get done.
And when we don't measure up...
When we fall short...
We aren't kind.
We aren't understanding.
Are we?
Not by habit.
Not by our programming.
We've been programmed to
Scold ourselves into
Doing better
And being better.
All the shoulds and should haves
Come piling down on our sweet heads
Until we break from exhaustion.

It's time to change that.
We can start today.
We can start with a sweet, compassionate
DO OVER.
We can have a
NEW BEGINNING.
And we can
START FROM SCRATCH.

Compassion is our new mantra.
Forgiveness is our new choice.
Understanding is the new medicine that will
Take us boldly in the direction of our dreams
And OPEN OUR HEARTS
To ourselves.
Once again.
❤️

p.s.
Be compassionate with yourselves today,
Dear ones.
Lower the bar.
And raise the acceptance.
We all need this
For ourselves.
For each other.
For the world.