Quotes About Self-compassion

This is the order of things then: First, training ourselves to be present in the moment with what is there. Second, developing the attitude of self-acceptance so that whatever arises is OK, thus coming to terms with ourselves. Third, abandoning all goals.

An integrated male doesn't strive to be perfect or gain the approval of others. Instead, he accepts himself just as he is, warts and all. An integrated male accepts that he is perfectly imperfect.

Years ago I had realized I was blaming myself for it. People and doctors would tell me it wasn't my fault, but I couldn't "BELIEVE" it! Then I was talking to my friend Kieran and he explained to me in a way that I could PERCEIVE that I was not at fault. No one else could ever do that before, though many tried. Many, many people had tried to tell me it wasn't my fault, but I was convinced it was my fault because I was trying to cheer up my dad.

As important as it is to keep picking yourself up and brushing yourself off, it's also important to stop tripping over your own two feet.

Turn on your heart light," who is going to magically heal us all. The only one who can turn on your heart light is you. The only one who can give your inner children healthy parenting is you. The only healer who can heal you is within you.

Recovery from the disease of Codependence involves stopping the war within so that we can get in touch with our True Self, so that we can start to Love and trust ourselves.

The way we do that is to change the attitudes and beliefs within us that tell us that we are not Lovable.

Don't be so easy on yourself, it said.

No matter what anyone's saying to you from outside, the most important conversation is the one you are gaving with yourself on the inside

There will always be enemies. Time to stop being your own.

Don't be so hard on yourself. Art is about making mistakes and learning from them.

My own heart let me more have pity on; let Me live to my sad self hereafter kind, Charitable; not live this tormented mind With this tormented mind tormenting yet.

If I'm feeling hurt, sad, lonely, depressed, and then I shame myself for feeling that, then that's a black hole for me. I really have worked a lot to meet pain with both gratitude and gentleness.

Stop it, and give yourself a chance.

The most uncouth of our afflictions is to despise our being. Rather than trying to cut ourselves in two, we should cease waging civil war on our perplexing physical envelopes and learn to accept them as unalterable facts of our condition; neither so terrible, nor so humiliating.

There is valour in being able to identify a forgiving, hopeful perspective on one's life, in knowing how to be a friend to oneself, because one has a responsibility to others to endure.

You are allowed to be.

Carrying the past with us is always more burdensome than any mistake we have made. Guilt, resentment, and criticism of self or other s for past deeds is far more debilitating than a momentary error. Any energy we invest in reliving or resenting the past detracts from the life at hand.

Tu pasado no tiene poder para perseguirte. Eres tú quien se persigue a sí mismo concentrándote en un pasado doloroso —le respondí.

Do not punish yourself if you waver. Humans judge, nature does not.

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.

If you have problems in your life, don't assume there is something wrong with you.

Meditation practice is simply moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others.

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.