These days, I’m learning patience and self-kindness. Yet again. I feel like there are certain seasons in our lives that last particularly long. Sometimes it happens that we think we have already outlived them, but then another cloudy day comes and we get reminded that, despite the many steps we have already taken forward, we are still on our healing path.

When those moments come, what we need is to be a little more patient and kind to ourselves, especially in terms of what we choose to think about ourselves and how we choose to talk to ourselves.

There is a beautiful Chinese proverb that is worth remembering in this context. This is how it goes:

Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words.
Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions.
Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits.
‍Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character.
Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny.

Kindly,

Neva.