Getting To Know Me

Fear, frustration and disappointment can all be the result of impressions of inadequacy.

There are so many times when we feel that our best is simply not enough…when everything we have is everything we give and yet it falls short of an expected or imagined target.

Life is hard but far too much of our time and energy is spent on making it harder.  We add complication. We add confusion. We judge ourselves too harshly.

The reality is that there is only so much of ourselves that we can give to a situation or a relationship. We all have our limits. Failing to acknowledge that is failing to accept that we are human.

It’s when we no longer value ourselves, when we close our minds and hearts to our own place in the world we all occupy that we run the risk of slipping into depression.

When we start listening to and believing the negativity that we generate for ourselves and about ourselves we begin to close down…we lose our sense of perspective and proportion…we become an enemy to ourselves.

It’s important to have friends; to gather around us those people who encourage and support; to find a place of comfort outside of ourselves.

But that which happens without is governed by that which happens within.

The best friend we can have is ourselves. Alternatively, the worst enemy we can have is ourselves. The choice is ours.

We limit our function, our potential and our enjoyment of life by ignoring the person we know ourselves to be.

While it’s possible to hide ourselves from the world wherever we go, there we are.

Accepting ourselves through knowing and understanding ourselves is absolutely vital to our mental well-being.

We can all live better and feel better by better knowing the person we are.