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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
presented by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
January 4, 2023
The focus for today's inspiration is:
I set a new intention of self-love, self-respect and self-compassion.
The most important thing I have ever learnt in life — the most, most important thing — is that compassion starts with yourself. Developing compassion for others allowed the healing to begin and continue. But learning how to develop compassion for myself was much harder, and though I didn't know at the time, it was going to take years.
With this new intention of self-love, self-respect and self-compassion, the old family dynamics started losing power. I found the strength to speak back, allowing myself to finally be heard, rather than continuing to withdraw. Breaking the patterns of decades took a lot of guts. But I just couldn't carry the pain of silence any longer.
We are all so hard on ourselves, unfairly so. Learning to give myself loving kindness and acknowledge that I too had suffered enormously was such a difficult change to make.
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Today's inspiration was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article:
How To Live a Life True to Yourself with Compassion and Patience
Written by Bronnie Ware
Read the article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of self-love, self-respect, and self-compassion (today and every day)
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The focus for today: Today, I set a new intention of self-love, self-respect and self-compassion.
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Article Source:
BOOK: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing
by Bronnie Ware.
After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or experience, she found herself working in palliative care. Over the years she spent tending to the needs of those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed.
Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse past, but by applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for people, if they make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this book, she expresses in a heartfelt retelling how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time.
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a story told through sharing her inspiring and honest journey, which will leave you feeling kinder towards yourself and others, and more determined to live the life you are truly here to live. This delightful memoir is a courageous, life-changing book.
Click here for more info or to order this book.
About The Author
Bronnie Ware is a writer, singer/songwriter, and songwriting teacher from Australia. She also runs an online personal growth and songwriting course, has released two albums of original songs, and writes a well-loved blog called Inspiration and Chai, including articles that have been translated into several languages.
