kinder to ourselves

Nobody abuses us more than we abuse ourselves.
Don Miguel Ruiz

We judge ourselves so harshly. We make ourselves wrong and cause such pain that we think it’s the world causing our pain. The suffering in the world is nothing compared to what we cause ourselves. Why do we do this? Why are we so hard? We show ourselves no compassion. We think that we should know everything and make no mistakes. So when we do there is no tolerance.
And when we hear something like this, you want to deflect it right? Think about that today? Think about how peaceful your day would be if the voice narrating everything was kinder. Think about the difference in your life if you allowed yourself to make mistakes and learn from them rather than abuse yourself for “being so stupid or short sided.” What if you loosen the reigns on you then you can work on loosening the reigns on others.

Today I am grateful for another day to learn to be kinder to myself.