BE NICE TO THEM & NOT TO ME?

You know when you are talking to a friend who is having a rough time with something and you say all sorts of meaningful, encouraging words to cheer them up and give them courage? 

Why don't we ever turn around and say those things to ourselves in our time of struggle?

This thought came to me this morning when I was staring in the mirror at this stupid zit that came up over night and is so swollen that it makes my top lip off center. I immediately started thinking about how ugly it is and that led to unkind thoughts about other features of my face that I'm still learning to love. It immediately put me in a bad mood.

Once I got to the quiet train and started thinking more about it, I decided to give myself a talk that I would give a friend who came to me with that frustration. And you know what? It worked! It was a sincere, heart felt conversation in my own head and just seconds into it I was filled with a feeling of confirmation from my Heavenly Father that I was beautiful and that He loves me and that Thomas loves me...and that's really all that matters. 

So I wonder why it's so easy for us to be kind to others when we are mean to ourselves? I know I'm trying to be better everyday and that I know my weaknesses and failures, and maybe because I see them in me and not in others, that is what causes me to be rude to myself. 

No matter what, we need to knock it off. We have a loving Heavenly Father who knows us even BETTER than we know ourselves. He knows our trials, our insecurities, our fears, and our stresses, BUT he also knows our potential, our divine nature, our joys, and our eternal journey. How great it is to know that. 

And because if that, I'm going to choose to make today a good one, no matter what that zit might try and do to me! I'll show it!