25 February · You don't have to earn kindness by improving.

Self-doubt

All I see are the things I need to fix about myself.

A little room to breathe.25 February

Self-doubt

“Whoever you are, how superb and how divine is your body, or any part of it!”

Walt Whitman — Leaves of Grass (1891–1892 edition), 1891–1892I Sing the Body Electric, section 3Read the source ↗

You don't have to earn kindness by improving.

Wanting to grow doesn't mean every part of you needs work. There are qualities worth appreciating alongside the things you'd like to change. You aren't a project that has to be finished before it has value. You can learn, make changes, and treat yourself with care at the same time.

ONE SMALL STEP

Name one quality in yourself that you'd like to keep exactly as it is.

A little room to breathe.25 February

A spark of light in your day.

A spark
of light
in your day.