So, the lesson of today?
Honesty.
Be honest with yourself mostly.
Actually, no. You know what the lesson of the day should be?
Kindness.
Be kind to yourself.
Or wait...
Maybe it should be something else. Maybe it should be...
Fake it.
Fake it till you make it!!
Actually... Fuck all those things.
You know what I love about my guy friends? They seem to have a better handle on the self-criticism thing than us ladies.
Like, they aren't constantly nit-picking over every little thing they do or say. Not to over generalize, but they just seem to allow themselves off the hook more and accept the fact that they aren't perfect.
Hell yeah!! What a RockStar way to live!!!
Maybe its societal pressures or maybe it’s that we're just made a little differently that our male counterparts, frankly, I don’t care and it doesn't matter.
We can still adopt a more carefree attitude toward our own ’self-improvement’. Because really, we don't need to IMPROVE anything. We just have to love ourselves more.
Love ourselves and love others.
That's it.
Because here's how it is folks.
Male or Female.
Black or White.
Orange or Purple.
We are HUMAN. Which means that we can't be expected to get it right all the time. Hell, we’ll be lucky of we get it right most of the time. But what we CAN do is love ourselves through the process.
This life thing is a journey, and I don't know about you, but I don't intend on wasting so much time on the self-criticism thing.
Replace the hate with love, and I think we'll all be ok.
I'm going to screw up. I'm going to wallow, be jealous, complain, wine about exhaustion, not meet the standards I have set, fail, be selfish...
But I'm also going to love myself despite that.
I'm going to accept and forgive my imperfections. I'm going to extend to myself the same amount of kindness I would extend to my best friend.
Because at the end of the day, the only love that can sustain us is the love we get from within.
So I guess there’s your mantra guy’s ;)
Hope it does you some good.
Honesty.
Be honest with yourself mostly.
Actually, no. You know what the lesson of the day should be?
Kindness.
Be kind to yourself.
Or wait...
Maybe it should be something else. Maybe it should be...
Fake it.
Fake it till you make it!!
Actually... Fuck all those things.
You know what I love about my guy friends? They seem to have a better handle on the self-criticism thing than us ladies.
Like, they aren't constantly nit-picking over every little thing they do or say. Not to over generalize, but they just seem to allow themselves off the hook more and accept the fact that they aren't perfect.
Hell yeah!! What a RockStar way to live!!!
Maybe its societal pressures or maybe it’s that we're just made a little differently that our male counterparts, frankly, I don’t care and it doesn't matter.
We can still adopt a more carefree attitude toward our own ’self-improvement’. Because really, we don't need to IMPROVE anything. We just have to love ourselves more.
Love ourselves and love others.
That's it.
Because here's how it is folks.
Male or Female.
Black or White.
We are HUMAN. Which means that we can't be expected to get it right all the time. Hell, we’ll be lucky of we get it right most of the time. But what we CAN do is love ourselves through the process.
This life thing is a journey, and I don't know about you, but I don't intend on wasting so much time on the self-criticism thing.
Replace the hate with love, and I think we'll all be ok.
I'm going to screw up. I'm going to wallow, be jealous, complain, wine about exhaustion, not meet the standards I have set, fail, be selfish...
But I'm also going to love myself despite that.
I'm going to accept and forgive my imperfections. I'm going to extend to myself the same amount of kindness I would extend to my best friend.
Because at the end of the day, the only love that can sustain us is the love we get from within.
So I guess there’s your mantra guy’s ;)
Hope it does you some good.
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