I am starting to do this again. I began years ago, and it really did help. Funny thing is, once I started feeling much better physically, I starting dropping off this self-nurturing, thinking I didn’t need it much anymore. Well, what happens? All the old stuff starts up again. It took awhile, and luckily it’s never become as serious as it was 15 years ago, but rationalizations creep up and soon I’m writing myself off, even though I’m certain that paying attention and looking inward were things that helped me get out of the worst pain!

What feels like love to me is to return to what I know worked in the past: to give myself a chance again, and regain that self-respect and self-nurturing that most of us forget or deny that we need. Thanks for the reminder.