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How to resolve AdBlock issue? Today's Spoonful of Positive: Self Care is Self Compassion
There is a lot of focus on positivity, which is awesome. There is a lot of emphasis on kindness. Include yourelf. Compassion for yourself is not selfish, it is self care.
“Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.”
– Deborah Day
“Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.”
– Christopher Germer
“Learning to love yourself is like learning to walk—essential, life-changing, and the only way to stand tall.” - unknown
“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.”
– Steve Maraboli
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
– Audre Lorde
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