Reflections

“Mothering ourselves means learning to love what we have given birth to by giving definition to, learning how to be both kind and demanding in the teeth of failure as well as in the face of success, and not misnaming either.”

Most of us are not raised to actively encounter our destiny. We may not know that we have one. As children, we are seldom told we have a place in life that is uniquely ours alone. Instead, we are encouraged to believe that our life should somehow fulfill the expectations of others, that we will (or should) find our satisfactions as they have found theirs. Rather than being taught to ask ourselves who we are, we are schooled to ask others. We are, in effect, trained to listen to others' versions of ourselves. We are brought up in our life as told to us by someone else! When we survey our lives, seeking to fulfill our creativity, we often see we had a dream that went glimmering because we believed, and those around us believed, that the dream was beyond our reach. Many of us would have been, or at least might have been, done, tried something, if... If we had known who we really were.

7 things to remind yourself of every day …

Scared is how you’re feeling; brave is what you’re doing.

7 Self-Compassion Stress Relievers

When life puts you in tough situations, don’t say “Why me”, say “Try me.”

“Be strong enough to let go, and wise enough to wait for what you deserve.”

In solitude there is healing. Speak to your soul. Listen to your heart. Sometimes in the absence of noise we find answers.