We are often taught how to respect others, to be polite, to take care and to be patient with them. But what we are not taught is to respect, take care, be polite and to be patient with ourselves. How do we know we are being polite to ourselves?
Believe in the fact that you are important and valuable
Maybe our society wasn't good enough in communicating this to us but we ought to believe in this as much as you do in others. Often people tend to associate the situation and self-worth. These two are two different things, your worth is not determined by the situations you are in and vice versa. There is nobody else who can make you feel important unless you validate this belief in yourself. And if there is anyone or anything that makes you feel otherwise, that is simply toxic. Give it thought maybe?
This is a word that is being used a lot these days. What exactly does this mean? It means that you will take care of your physical, emotional, mental wellbeing. We often have the mentality to be taken care of by someone, now this could be attention that you are seeking for which is fine, but expecting someone to be responsible for your health is not. You are very much capable of making decisions, of keeping yourself away from things that could be toxic be it substances, people, environment, relationships, lifestyle or anything that would cause you to distress right away or in a long run.
Life isn't a bed of roses, so allow yourself to make mistakes
When your friend dates the wrong person, when your sibling makes a mistake, when the roommate could not achieve his goals, you always tend to empathise, you console them and sometimes motivate them to move on. So why doesn't that happen when it comes to you? Everybody feels stressed, and under pressure at some point in time. Change is inevitable and it is something that you cannot expect to fade away, so grow, learn and adapt with change. At the same time do not set unrealistic expectations from self, you know yourself better than any other person.
