Three Heart-Deep Truths to Help You Be Gentle with Yourself
You’re a woman who knows it’s important to be gentle with yourself. Yet sometimes that’s still hard to do, especially when you’re feeling tired, stressed, sad, or angry. Which makes sense. When you’re feeling vulnerable, emotionally or physically, treating yourself with gentleness can be difficult. That’s why these heart-deep truths can help. The next time you want to be gentle with yourself remember these three beautiful truths.
1. You are already enough.
Your deep-feeling heart has known this truth since birth. You are already enough, exactly as you are. Whether you treat yourself with gentleness or not, you’re still enough. You’ve always been enough. That’s because your worth is innate and unchangeable. It isn’t about what you do or don’t do. Your enoughness is always there and never changing. This can be a powerful truth to help you be gentle with yourself.
2. All of your feelings are valid.
You might wonder sometimes if you’re allowed to feel the way you do in a given situation, especially if what you’re feeling may be deemed as “negative.” When these feelings arise, they can be harder to hold with gentleness. That’s why this truth - all of your feelings are valid - is so important to remember.
Feelings are simply that: just feelings. Any and all of them are allowed and are valid. That can be easier to accept when you see those feelings and the circumstances behind them through a gentle, understanding lens. One way to do this is by validating what you’re feeling and why you’re feeling that way.
3. Every part of you (inside and out) is worthy of love and gentleness.
It can be hard to be gentle with yourself when you see parts of you as “bad” or “problematic.” The beautiful truth, though, is that every single part of you is deserving of love and gentleness: the embarrassing parts, the parts you’re fearful of, the parts you wish would go away. All of them can be held with gentleness, like you’d hold a frightened child who just needs reassurance that they’re okay, that they’re loved. The next time you meet a part of you that you may not like, try to remember that all of you is worthy of love and gentleness.
There are certainly times it’s easier to be gentle with yourself than it is at other times. If you find yourself struggling to treat yourself with gentleness, remember these truths - they’re ones your heart already knows deep down.
