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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything.   Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up!

You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process.

Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it.

Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human. – Anthony Robbins

What is self-compassion? Consider your answers to these questions:

• Are you compassionate and gentle to yourself when you lose, fail, or face disappointment as well as when you win or excel?

• Are you kind and forgiving to yourself when you feel regret and sadness?

• Do you build yourself up instead of beating yourself down?

• Are you more likely to think, “Everybody makes mistakes now and then” or do you consider yourself just a loser?

Self-compassion is having mercy and sweetness for yourself no matter what else you might be experiencing. It is the ability to treat yourself kindly in the face of failure, rejection, defeat, and other difficult experiences. And it is the ability to accept yourself as human.

There are always things in life or in ourselves that we are not quite satisfied with. Cultivating self-compassion helps you focus on your present circumstance with more kindness and less judgment. By doing so, you are more likely to relax.

When things get rough, take a breath, and give yourself a big compassionate break. You deserve it!

You do not need to go through life exhausted, depressed, or stressed. Imagine waking up each morning with joy and positive energy that lasts throughout the day!