Self Compassion
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Self Compassion
How do I love myself? | Thich Nhat Hanh answers questions
youtube.comThe truth is that one day you hate yourself, and the next day you can’t wait to use your gifts
-Adam Jk
from Peter Watts: "We're not thinking machines, we're feeling machines that happen to think."
thoughts and ways were never anything like mine? But each year I know love and belonging—a love that doesn’t require sacrifice at the altar of acceptance—I become more of who I already am. I am liberated into what Merton calls my “true self.” I believe this is my deepest calling.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
Nobody wakes up feeling great and ready to get after it every day. The work is accepting your feelings and taking them along for the ride. It requires equal parts grace and grit, self-discipline and self-compassion.
Keep showing up.
Brad Stulbergtwitter.come·qua·nim·i·ty
/ˌekwəˈnimədē,ˌēkwəˈnimədē/
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/ˌekwəˈnimədē,ˌēkwəˈnimədē/
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- mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.
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This is one of those polarities I'm learning to embrace: that you can see improvement in many things, but still you never really stop worrying; you just get better at dealing with it.