BEING KIND TO ONESELF
“Life hands us opportunities at every turn to get over ourselves, to get outside ourselves, to wake up from our bad dreams and realize that really lovely things are happening all the time.” - Shauna Niequist - “T hink it’s a bad dream, and move on.” Has anyone tried to counsel you with these words? Or, have you tried to counsel someone with these words? Most probably, the answer is ‘Yes’! And, yes… Most probably, that good counselor is none but your own conscious self! There are so many episodes in my life, which I wish I hadn’t experienced at all. But, the truth is, that I had experienced them. Though those episodes are long over, they have left behind some traces, deep in my mind and, now and then, I find myself overwhelmed by their unpleasant memories… I think, it’s not a unique experience with me alone. We all have our own shares of pleasant and unpleasant memori...