Good to ourselves

Being good to ourselves can be very difficult. We have a tendency to self-criticize and find fault. We don't always feel worthy of love and marvel sometimes how people do in spite of our glaring flaws.

There is much joy but also much misery in the world largely due to people having had trauma during childhood and they spend years trying to undo the harm. The PTSD lingers and impedes the process of healing.

We need to be kind to the self by realizing that the imperfection we carry is built in. Our humanity guarantees that we will err with the saving grace being that there is always redemption if we desire it and in so doing reinvent the self.