Monday, January 28, 2013

Loving-Kindness - not very easy for me



My experience with the loving-kindness exercise was interesting.  I tried it three times a day apart.  I found it beneficial but difficult.  I have always had a hard time loving myself.  I always feel that I’m undeserving because I’m not worthy of it.  But I do find it very easy to love others.  My daughter was who I thought of with tenderness, my boyfriend who just lost his favorite grandmother unexpectedly was who I breathed out loving kindness to, and all the patients at the hospital (strangers) were easy to send loving kindness to.  It is just difficult to give love to myself.  I would recommend this to others as a way to learn to love yourself if you have trouble with that.

Mental workouts are beneficial on so many levels.  It helps you concentrate better but yet makes you more aware of what is going on around you.  I think I can implement mental workouts into my life to help me love myself.  If I can love myself I will be better at loving others.

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