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You know the constant murmurings and babblings and sometimes scoldings or sometimes condemnings that go on in thought, whether ‘I shoulda known better” or as harsh as “you stupid idiot!” ?
What if, for one day, or better still, just a 4 hour span in one day, you really concentrated on nurturing yourself and letting go the condemning scolding self babble?
What if instead, when you fumble, you pick yourself up with tender hugs and gentle kisses as you would a toddler first learning to walk. Surely you wouldn’t banish or screech or yell at a tumbling toddler. Surley you would scoop up him/her and bathe him/her in soothing comfort.
There’s a great need to nurture the who you are, the who I am….how can we give it to one another if we do not give it to ourselves?
Be gentle with yourself for a 4 hour span today..or tomorrow…or whenever you read this post.
Treat the toddler you with deep compassion and tenderness.
You live to be authentic and reflect what is true.
Much has acculturated each of us to play a competitive accusatory never ending uphill race against an unattainable standard.
Be gentle.
You are striving.
That is so enough.
Love the you you are and all you are striving to be.
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oh, hey there….thank you so very much for saying so…I'm sometimes talking to me too when I write…I like taking on that voice of a gentle reminder…you're nudging me to do it even more so….we are infant thoughts….every day…every single hour actually….ever able to nurture our crawls and wanderings…and ever vital that we do so gently…..i think the more we stand for doing so gently, the more we're able to outpour to others that way too b/c we're coming from a place that is still, and nurtured and full. grateful to know this post was helpful to you…:) means so much to get the feedback. hugs.
there's something about your voice here, Tre. it makes it seem easier when for me this one is probably one of the hardest areas to work on. thanks for this! Just hearing someone else's gentle nature helps sometimes.
oh, hey there….thank you so very much for saying so…I'm sometimes talking to me too when I write…I like taking on that voice of a gentle reminder…you're nudging me to do it even more so….we are infant thoughts….every day…every single hour actually….ever able to nurture our crawls and wanderings…and ever vital that we do so gently…..i think the more we stand for doing so gently, the more we're able to outpour to others that way too b/c we're coming from a place that is still, and nurtured and full. grateful to know this post was helpful to you…:) means so much to get the feedback. hugs.
there's something about your voice here, Tre. it makes it seem easier when for me this one is probably one of the hardest areas to work on. thanks for this! Just hearing someone else's gentle nature helps sometimes.
thanks laurie. glad you thought so. what helps you to be kind to yourself when in the midst of seeming stumbling?
You live to be authentic and reflect what is true.Much has acculturated each of us to play a competitive accusatory.
It's true – we can be so hard on ourselves. Your post is a good reminder to be as kind to ourselves when we're learning and stumbling as we would be to another. Thanks for the read. I enjoyed it.