Back in March I wrote about how I wanted to be a more compassionate person.
While this is still true, my recovery from postpartum depression has slightly shifted my focus.
You see, the depression was causing me to be compassionate to everyone - except myself. So I am shifting my focus a bit. Don't get me wrong, I still want to be compassionate toward others, I just want to focus on treating myself just as well.
Back to March. At that time my focus was on making eye contact and smiling at people as I passed them. I am happy to report that while I don't always do this I am looking others in the eyes and smiling most of the time. And it feels good. Just the act of acknowledging someone's existence and, sometimes, having the same returned is wonderful. This may sound silly, but it is an affirmation that they are human and so am I. Looking them in the eyes acknowledges their existence. Smiling tells them they are worthy. At least that is how I feel when someone does this to me.
Such a small thing.
I will continue practicing this act. To shift the focus toward being compassionate with myself, I will do this when I look at myself in the mirror. Also, when I look at pictures of myself. That definitely sounds silly, but I often cringe when I see myself in a photo or video. I think I need to be nicer to that girl. So I will look at her and smile instead of think about how awful I look. After all, that girl is a worthy human being.
I hope you are having a wonderful day! Thank you for taking the time to read this post!
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