Hello friends, During this holiday season, we all get caught up in doing for others, which is great... and one important thing to practice also is to... "Remember to be as kind to yourself as you are to others." So often we place others happiness before our own... and while that is what I was taught to do most of my life, I now believe that in order to have something of value to give to others I must first remember to be as kind to myself as I am to others. It feels good to know that it's ok to take care of myself - because I want to have more to give. It's a beautiful cyle! So remember... "Remember to be as kind to yourself as you are to others."

Thank you ever so much Linda. It is hard to break that cycle of give give give. I know that we have to and I am one of the worst for always giving and not taking for my self. I am slowly learning this lesson but I am learning. The one thing we all need to remmeber is if we don't have it we can't give it so get something for yourself for a change and see how good it feels once in a while. NormPoll

Thanks, Linda! We've had to have extra people in the house to help out due to Rod's surgery, which disrupts routine, leaving me frazzeled at times.....good advice

This is a very good advice (for me at least), as usualy I'm hush with myself and we arguing a lot with my husband about this. He use to tell me that I can never ever satisfy everybody in order to satisfy myself! LOL Its true, tho I can't help it!

Hi Norman and everyone, Another really important thing to remember as we are learning to be kind to ourseles is that when we learn to "receive" from someone else, we are giving someone else the privilege of "giving." Isn't that a beautiful thought? And when are not good receivers, we are depriving others of the gift of giving. That makes you think about it differently, doesn't it?