FIRST, GIVE TO YOURSELF

Unless you appreciate yourself, unless you are truly sincere with yourself—accepting all that you are and all that you are not—waiting for others to do so is just wasted time. No one will give you the love you don’t give yourself. No one will offer you the compassion you withhold from yourself. And so, you remain in a state of wanting, waiting, expecting.

So, take a moment and ask yourself: What have I truly given to myself today? Love, patience, kindness? Or just expectations and self-judgment?