No matter what we’re going through, we need to love ourselves
with the same tender loving care that we desire from others.

Loving ourselves requires us to honor ourselves
right where we are.

We need to take the time that we need to heal,
to slow down,
to listen deeply,
to pause in the moment,
to remember,
to stop judging ourselves
by what we hoped to accomplish.

We can stop worrying
about the past
and the future,
and simply be in the now.

The music excerpted here can be purchased on i-Tunes:
R. Carlos Nakai – Inward Journey, Inner Voices, Dreaming a Life

The now forgives whatever has transpired.
The now has already departed from yesterday.
The now aligns itself with nothing.
The now simply allows us to begin again.

With each breath, celebrate the now
of a new you.

In the now,
be free.