Three Things 4/2 Discipline & Kindness
Hey all! I posted yesterday about being away from home, yet making sure to get my three things in anyway. Sometimes following through on a commitment requires both discipline & kindness. Discipline is, after all, the cornerstone of freedom. If I remain disciplined in my commitment to improve my health, for example, I get to enjoy the freedom of life in a healthy body. Which enables me to do stuff like paddling (see pics!). However/but/and sometimes discipline can seem…I dunno boring or hard or yucky. That’s when I use kindness as my secret weapon. When I speak kindly (but firmly!) to myself I am ALWAYS more motivated to do whatever. I feel more encouraged when I’m kind to myself. I learned the hard way, after decades of speaking to myself harshly, being mean to myself & sometimes downright abusive to me verbally, if it did work, it sucked on some level. No one likes to be called names or spoken to unkindly, yet we often do that to ourselves. But when we speak with kindness & hold ourselves to a higher standard, it becomes easier (not easy, easier!) to accomplish whatever tasks we set for ourselves. So when you read this, maybe take a moment & script some kind words for yourself, words of encouragement & building up, so that when you falter or struggle to do something, and you will sometimes, you have language at the ready to speak to yourself to lift yourself up. My words today: You got this! You are wildly capable! I believe in you 💗! And I believe in YOU, too. Michelle