This morning I woke up thinking about what it is that I really want for YOU. The answer came quickly: I just want you to be happy.
There is so much each day that steals our happiness, isn't there? Troubling events. Our own crazy thoughts. Our own difficult emotions. Sometimes it seems like everything is conspiring to keep us caught in drama—locked into a seat on an unending roller-coaster of ups and downs all day long!
This is exhausting! And deflating. This steals our happiness.
Until I began to treat myself more compassionately, I was always caught up in drama like this and it just plain wore me out.
• Without self-compassion, I was consistently drawn into other people's messes, so I was worried and fearful, or agitated.
• Without self-compassion, I was always expecting too much of myself and pushing myself too hard.
• Without self-compassion, I kept putting my own self-care on the back burner because I felt other people or my work were more important.
• Without self-compassion, when life dealt a cruel blow, I would dive into exhaustion or sadness.
Does any of this sound familiar to you?
The only thing I know that breaks through all of this (and self-limiting beliefs and difficult emotions) is self-compassion. Self-compassion has brought me
RELIEF. It has brought forth HAPPINESS.
I've been teaching about self-compassion for years in many different ways, but never like this:
