Friday, July 28, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
The real sin against life is to destroy beauty, even one’s own — even more one’s own, for that has been put in our care, and we are responsible for its well-being.
— Katherine Anne Porter
A good way to start each day is by asking, “What can I do to take care of myself today?” To ask and answer that question is to affirm our belief that we’re worth taking care of. It also requires looking within ourselves with honesty. Is it hard to admit we’re struggling with our addiction? Or that we’re feeling sick? Or that such feelings as rage, sorrow, or fear are predominant? Or that we’re working through incest, sexual, physical, or emotional abuse issues?
Meeting our needs with gentleness and compassion softens the task of being good to ourselves. It may take a long time of asking, “What can I do to take care of myself?” before we actually know how to or want to. But just as a good parent thinks of how to take care of his or her child, we can learn to do the same for ourselves. Each time we do, we move closer to higher self-esteem.
What can I do to take care of myself today?
Hazelden Foundation
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