For those of us enjoying the pre-spring snows, I thought a brief midweek meditation might be restorative, a healing for the weary and the seasonally challenged. Take yourself on vacation!
Cape Cod: Chatham's New Southway Break
Self compassion takes many forms. Certainly, there must be a form that fits you. If we can't be kind to ourselves, we're missing a critical relationship in our lives. It seems that we forget to come home, amidst the responsibilities and challenges, the joys and the sorrows, the many people clamoring for our attention. When we do focus on ourselves, we range from self bashing to conceit, from faulting ourselves to inflating our own importance. Neither one of these scenarios is true. What is true, we frequently pass over; we treat ourselves as unimportant, not worth our time. When, in fact, our well being is built on the fruits of self-friending.
Being good to oneself involves more than societal preach points (diet, exercise, acquisitions, romance...) The critical piece is what only you can offer yourself, your inner worldly understanding, your Divine spark. That unique soul of yours reflects out to the other souls and vice versa. The relationships you attract are more likely to be honoring and real. Find time to put yourself first. Love the one you're with. (smile) Then love your neighbor the same way.
Peace.
Jean
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