Include yourself in your compassion

Let’s get real for a second. How guilty are you of the following? You spend your life, checking things off of a list. You want to be productive at work. You want to be a good family member. You want to be there for your friends. You try to do all the things you should in order to be worthy, healthy, respectable and fill-in-the-blank.

But somehow your own needs are on the bottom of your list, if they're even on the list at all. And you're EXHAUSTED.

What would it take for you to view yourself the same way you'd see your best friend if she was running herself ragged? When will you take the same advice that you'd give to her? When will you give yourself a break?

Because here’s the truth: If compassion is important to you, but you're not giving it to yourself, you’re being inconsistent. Really embracing compassion means exhibiting it not just for others or when it’s easy; it means also giving it to yourself.

You give enough. You do enough. You ARE enough. Give yourself whatever it is you're seeking externally. Life will be easier—I promise.