Self Care – Bring it into your 2023!

So many of us aim to be more compassionate, more kind, more loving, and more giving. This is beautiful, of course. It is getting in touch with the deepest Truth of who we are: a being of love, light, and consciousness. However, a tragic mistakes that most of us make is that we forget about ourselves! We assume, somehow, that we are meant to be compassionate to the world minus ourselves! We think somehow the teaching is to take care of all, except ourselves.

Self-care is critical for so many reasons: first of all we know we can only give others what we have ourselves. We cannot feed others if the coffers are empty or give others water to drink if the well runneth dry.

As we practice self-care, we are re-reminding ourselves, that, regardless of what we did that day, regardless of how productive or non-productive we may have been, we are worthy beings, worthy of love, care, and compassion.

But, when we think of self-care, we have to ask ourselves which self am I caring for? Are we only the physical body? Are we only our troubled mind? Self care also means a true acknowledgment, awareness and focus on our full Self. It means realizing, recognizing, and remembering that we are spirit, soul, consciousness, divinity, love, and giving ourselves the time, attention and intention to really realize and manifest that truth of our Self!

Let’s make 2023 a year for self care and compassion. Then, in beautiful spiritual blossoming, as I nourish my Self, my awareness of Self expands, and I realize I am not separate. I am not separate from you, I am not separate from the mountains or the trees or the rivers. I am not separate from any aspect of life. Therefore, my care and compassion for expands and expands to naturally include all.