No Excuses
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” —Benjamin Franklin
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” —Benjamin Franklin
Be purposed in the present. This is my intention and guiding principle when practicing self-care. Mindfulness is a skill that has helped me actualize this intention through my self-care practice. Mindfulness is the practice of being in the present. You teach your mind to focus on what is in front of you right at…
As the Queen (Beyoncé) says,”I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.”
52 weeks ago, I started the year with a personal challenge to give my community a different perspective on the meaning of self-care. I wanted to demonstrate through my own personal journey how I discovered new ways to participate in self-care and new lessons learned from my practice.
I can be at peace because it is something I create for myself. Only I can create and protect my peace.
Earlier in the year I wrote about self-care being forgiving, but I really had to highlight that the forgiveness self-care offers is available over and over and over and over again. This is why self-care is still forgiving.
Whatever your story is this year, the best gift you can give to yourself and others is the gift of self-care.
It’s never too late to get into this self-care mood.
Release yourself of the need to be perfect. Do your best each and every day.
I have made it my business to put myself first, not in a selfish manner, but in a manner in which I could show up each and every day being the best version of myself not only for my benefit, but for the benefit of those around me.