Be kind to yourself

Hold yourself as a mother holds her beloved child

                                                                The Buddha

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hold yourself gently

treat yourself with kindness

there is enough harshness

out there

there is enough unkindness

and we are so quick to judge everyone

even ourselves,

especially ourselves

we carry pain

everyone we meet carries pain

we are all carrying a burden of tears

there is such a need for compassion

and kindness

we need to cry for the pain of others

we need to cry for our own pain

for those tears are a gift

those tears speak

they say

“I am worthy of being loved,

You are worthy of being loved”

It all starts with being kind to ourselves

we need to hold in gentle hands our own

struggles and sorrows

for only then can we connect

and hold

the sufferings and sorrows

of those

the Beloved

places in our path