People need loving the most when they need it the least. -John Harrigan When life is flowing benevolently along and our hands are full of aces, we need little support and affirmation. It is when things turn mean and all light seems to have gone from the sky that we most need support and love - especially from ourselves. All of us make mistakes. All of us are far from perfect. Failures take many forms - some serious, some repeated despite many promises that this would not happen again. It may be something small to others but big to us - going back on a pledge not to binge eat or catching ourselves being consistently negative. It may be large - walking away from a relationship that could have worked. When we fail is when we most need to remind ourselves of our humanity and treat ourselves with love. We so often forget what works. When we have failed, we need not take vengeance on ourselves but, rather, find a way to regain our feet as quickly as possible. The more loving we are to ourselves the easier it is to get up and start again. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Like a baby who learns to calm herself after a dad dream, I too am learning to rely on myself for comfort.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:15:44 +0000