Be Kind to Yourself

I was bombed out! I wasn't given the time and resources I needed to do a good job on a project; and I bombed! I was really hard on myself and started berating myself. My daughter gently reminded me that I was trying to do in one day (without any resources) what took my predecessor about a year to accomplish. Will I get in trouble? Will my reputation suffer? Will I lose my job?

The main point is I did my best with what I had. And though it seemed like I bombed, given the short time and absence of resources, I think I accomplished much. It was a serious crunch. Lesson learned? When we do our best, no matter how things turn out, we still make progress; progress that we can apply to our future projects and turn our better results next time.

And as we are kind, encouraging, and nice to others, we need to apply that same kindness to ourselves. To remind ourselves of our positive qualities, to make it okay to make mistakes, to eat comfort food, and cry if we need to. Kindness to ourselves when we fail, allow us to heal and move forward joyfully.