The Kindest Thing Weekly Video: Whose Friend Are You, Anyway?

Published: Wed, 06/01/16

A weekly reminder to live kindly and gently with yourself.
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"The Kindest Thing"
with Jan Lundy

This "Kindest Thing" newsletter is replacing the "Awakened Living" newsletter. 
Whose Friend Are You, Anyway?
(and a little bit about "Good Shoulds")
Welcome to this week's self-compassion video.

We've all heard that the "shoulds" in general are bad for us. They're usually fueled by guilt, expectations, or pressure. Sometimes they are foisted upon us by other people. Most often we place them upon ourselves.

On the self-compassion path, I have come to I believe there are "good shoulds" and "not so good shoulds."

Befriending is a "good should." This is the subject of our video this week. 

It's wise and loving to be a good friend to someone. There are benefits to friendship. We thrive through life because of our friendships and the same principle applies to the friendship we offer ourselves. 

My new blog post speaks to this too: "What's A Good Should?" featuring a true story from one of my newsletter readers. 

We all want the world to be a better place. We'd be supremely happy if love and friendship were the key rules by which people played. The truth is if we want a more loving universe, we must begin within ourselves. Be a friend to yourself. Then you'll be a better friend to others. 

Watch this week's video and learn how.

Enjoy and have a gentle week!

Jan Lundy

Spiritual Director/Mentor, Educator and Author
 
"The Kindest Thing" Video Vol. 7
"Befriending Yourself"
(available to you as a Newsletter subscriber)
 
"The world will not slow down long enough to hand us such sacred moments. We alone must shape our days (or some portion of them) so that we can be nourished, rested, restored." 

 
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This week, a true story on listening to "not so good shoulds" by one of our readers. 

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