The Importance of Being Kind to Yourself

One thing I know I've struggled with for the entirety of my life is being kind to myself. I find this particularly hard when I'm in the healthy mindset of losing weight and being food conscious because if I see myself as straying from it that I have suddenly failed on everything. However, I am learning the importance of being kind to myself. Treating myself as a friend and someone I love. So here are some of the words and phrases I have been telling myself to remind myself if this importance.

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You wouldn't accept someone else being cruel to you so why accept it from yourself?

You are the only person that you are going to truly spend the entity of your life with, why would you want to live a life with someone who always berates you and puts you down,

Everyone makes mistakes but the true mark of a person is their ability to overcome mistakes and learn from them.

One bad decision doesn't make you a bad person and doesn't give you the right to make yourself feel like a bad person.

Life is for living and enjoying every experience. Sometimes we have to loosen the reins and enjoy the moment we are in regardless of good choices.


And finally…

Oscar Wilde said "to love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance" and that is something I am trying to achieve, even if some days it does feel impossible.