BE PATIENT WITH YOURSEL

LET GO OF THE PAST AND LEARN TO FORGIVE.  Have you stopped to reflect on an experience that caused you frustration or pain lately, addressing these feelings with compassion?   This isn't always our first instinct, for sure.  Go ahead and give it a try.

Think about the most recent time someone hurt you.  Dig a little deeper into your thoughts and see where you can address this pain with compassion.  Can you see where they were coming from, as they were acting in pain and lashing out?  Can you understand how this transpired?  Take this opportunity to free yourself from this hurt by understanding through compassion, and forgiving fully. 

TAKE YOUR TIME TO BE MINDFUL AND COMPASSIONATE...This is certainly not standard practice, so it's something that requires extreme mindfulness.  We wake up in the morning already wishing for 5pm -- we pass by the tiny moments in our day with great speed.  Our culture doesn't naturally gravitate toward slowness, so it's something we have to consciously work at. 

Focus today on savoring small moments that would typically pass by unnoticed.  Find each moment to pause and soak in the feelings, sounds, smells.  Look up at the sky instead of down at your phone.  Try it just for today and see how it feels -- I promise you'll want to continue.