How To Set Yourself Free

You can set yourself free. You are where you are because you don’t believe in yourself. You don’t believe in your power to achieve more.

If you have been thinking like that, you must stop it. If you do not change how you see yourself, if you don’t love who you really are, you are not helping yourself. Instead, you are holding yourself back.

Do not do that. Do not hold yourself back. Things are not easy, but you can achieve more. You can give yourself what you want from other people. You have the power to create your own life.

To do that, you must first believe in yourself. You must first believe that you can do it, that nothing can stop you from doing it.

You don’t have to be a genius. All you need to do is to change your behavior. If you don’t change your behavior, nothing is going to change. But if you have the courage to face your life, to change your habits, everything is going to change.

Compassion: Why We Need It

‘Cultivating compassion begins with self-compassion. … Compassion cannot truly be offered to others until we first offer it to ourselves.’- Janice Marturano

Life is not linear. Things happen. Don’t fight what you are going through in your life. All you can do is be open to where it is taking you.

Be kind to yourself. Do not beat yourself up. Nothing is about you. Do not make things all about you. That is not what self-compassion is about. Self-compassion is about love, care, and respect.

Compassion is good because it ‘reminds us that when we see someone suffering, we are separated from the sufferer by only the thinnest lines of time and circumstance, and we feel a pull to lessen the suffering. … It helps us to understand the interconnections among us. It encourages us to become involved with the well-being of those around us.’

If you want to build a great community, don’t forget those around you. Love them. Treat them with respect. And support them. And they will always support you.