I used to view success as outward achievements and material gains. Today success looks much different. Real success is not external, but internal. Each time I risk and challenge something, I learn more about myself, and I feel successful. By facing myself, I gain more and more understanding and acceptance of both my strengths and my weaknesses. This understanding creates compassion. To gain compassion for one's self is to achieve success. Only by being compassionate with ourselves will we keep the door open to continued growth.
Because I understand how imperative having compassion for myself is to my continued growth, I pray for the ability to talk kindly to myself instead of being self-rejecting.
If we have not learned to live with ourselves, what benefit are achievements and material gains?
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