Tenderly, with so much love, I practice embracing myself in every single moment of my living . . .


I practice being really gentle with myself, in as many ways and as often as I possibly can. Because no matter how it appears, I am a delicate, vulnerable creature who needs and deserves to be treated with gentleness.

I practice talking kindly, tenderly and lovingly to myself as much of the time as I possibly can. Because only this sort of talking will encourage me to take the steps I need to grow and thrive.

I practice finding ways and places in which to make it safe to feel all my feelings, even though the world dismisses their value.

I practice reminding myself that rest is a sacred act: as meaningful, significant, productive and necessary as any other purposeful act. Because remembering this will help me to choose rest in a world that devalues fallow time or space.

I practice finding and telling myself only those stories that allow me to feel that it’s absolutely okay for me to be just as I am right now: a "work-in-progress" still continuing to grow, change and evolve. Because knowing this truth – that I can always feel okay about anywhere I am – is what gives me the courage and strength to take the risks that grow me.

I practice going only as fast as the slowest part of me feels safe to go. Because this is the only pace that is safe for me.

I practice listening to my body and my belly feelings. Because they always let me know what is so for me
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