Eleven (11) Ways To Be KIND To Yourself. -- (How To Be KIND To Yourself Through The HARD Times.)

If criticizing or beating yourself up through the hard times made things better for you I would support you in doing that but it doesn't.  All beating yourself does for you is that it makes the hard times, harder.

The reason you beat yourself up is because that's what the 'authority figures' in your life did to you during your growing up years. They did this in an attempt to get the best out of you. This  may work for a little while but in the long run, it does not. In the long run, beating people up turns them into people who beat people up.

You cannot be kind and respectful of other people if you are not kind and respectful towards yourself first. To make this world a better place for all of us, each of us has to learn how to be kind to ourselves no matter our circumstances. Be kind to ourselves under difficult circumstances is the greatest kindness we can do for ourselves.

HOW TO BE KIND TO YOURSELF

Be kind to yourself by asking yourself what you can do right now that will make you feel better about being you.  Anything you can do that makes you feel good to be you is extending kindness to yourself.

ELEVEN (11) WAYS TO BE KIND TO YOURSELF 

1. Check your mental diet. Are you taking in more good news than bad.

2. Eat foods that comfort and energize you.

3. Hug as many people as you can as often as you can. And if hugging people is too scary for you, hug a tree. Seriously, hug a tree for thirty seconds and you will definitely feel it hug you back. 

4. Move the body in ways that feel good to you. Walking, exercise, stretching, whatever feels like fun to you... FUN is the keyword.

5. Listen to music that softens your mood and warms you emotionally.

6. Take a long, hot  shower and enjoy feeling how the hot water loves washing over your body, wave after luxurious  wave.

7. Get yourself a big teddy bear or comfort blanket.  Watch shows from your childhood that made you feel good to be you.

8. Watch little kids and old people being kind to one another.

9.  Lay on the ground and watch the clouds form different shapes.

10. Get yourself a pet even if it is just a gold fish in a bowl. 

11.  Being kind to yourself includes asking for what you want and keep asking for it until you get it. The reason most people don't get what they want is they don't ask often enough. Take a lesson from children. When a child wants something it is not afraid to ask until it gets what it wants. Ask and you shall receive, ask not and you shall receive not.

Frederick Zappone

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