Quotes About Self-care

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.

The sense of being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquility that religion is powerless to bestow.

A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine.

Yo iba a embarcar en el último cohete, pero preferí quedarme, ¿sabes por qué? —¿Por qué? —Porque todos se metían conmigo. Por eso me quedé; para echarme perfume encima el día entero y beber diez mil cervezas y comer dulces y bombones sin que la gente me esté diciendo ¡Oh, cuidado, eso tiene muchas calorías!. Y aquí estoy. —Y aquí estás.

It was not my strength that wanted nursing, it was my imagination that wanted soothing.

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You know what I always say—never let an asshole rent space in your head.

One thing you need to remember and understand is that you cannot leave the mind alone. It needs to be watched constantly. If you do not look after your garden it will overgrow with weeds. If you do not watch your mind, defilements will grow and multiply. The mind does not belong to you, but you are responsible for it.

problem is, we can solve it through prayer; we can forgive ourselves instantaneously, and be healed; this is the glorious Truth.  

Varias veces al día me aseguro de que estoy completamente relajado mental y físicamente. Relajo mi cuerpo hablándole del modo siguiente: 'Mis pies están relajados, mis tobillos están relajados, mis piernas están relajadas, mis músculos abdominales están relajados, mi corazón y mis pulmones están relajados, mi cabeza está relajada, todo mi ser se halla completamente relajado'.

Several times a day I would make certain that I was completely relaxed mentally and physically. I relaxed my body by speaking to it as follows, 'My feet are relaxed, my ankles are relaxed, my legs are relaxed, my abdominal muscles are relaxed, my heart and lungs are relaxed, my head is relaxed, my whole being is completely relaxed.' After about five minutes I would be in a sleepy drowsy state, and then I affirmed the following truth, 'The

Without an accepting and kind attitude toward ourselves, it's difficult to be caring and compassionate for others.

Call your spirit back. It may be caught in corners and creases of shame, judgment, and human abuse. You must call in a way that your spirit will want to return. Speak to it as you would to a beloved child. Welcome your spirit back from its wandering. It may return in pieces, in tatters. Gather them together. They will be happy to be found after being lost for so long.

If you're fighting moodiness and depression you don't want to hang around a bunch of other moody and depressed people.

God is Good...Jesus is Lord Be Good to Yourself and each Other J-Jesus..O-Others..Y-Yourself

Don't receive condemnation when you have setbacks or bad days. Just get back up, dust yourself off, and start again.

Staying angry at someone who has hurt you is like taking poison hoping that your enemy will die.

I am not going to let negative people control my mood. They have problems and they are not going to give their problems to me.

Anyone who tries to keep all the people happy all the time will never fulfill their destiny.

being a garbage dump for other people does not promote peace for me, and I want peace more than I want to know what is going on in everyone else's life.

I would like to suggest that you take responsibility for your joy and never again give anyone else the job of keeping you happy. You can control what you do, but you cannot control what other people do. So you may be unhappy a lot of the time if you depend on them as your source of joy. The psalmist David said that he encouraged himself in the Lord, and if he can do it, then we can do it too.

Love Yourself Today: Remember, God always loves your "who," even when your "do" could use some improvement!

Make a list of your blessings and read them out loud anytime you feel yourself starting to sink emotionally.

Take some bold steps of faith and change anything the Lord leads you to change. If what you are doing with your time is not bearing good fruit, make a change. If you are not getting enough rest, make a change. If you are not disciplining your children and their behavior is causing you a lot of stress, make a change. If you are bored, make a change. If your friends are taking advantage of you, make a change! Stress can be relieved if you're not afraid to make changes.