You Gotta Be Kind to Yourself
August 18, 2010
I was listening to my “She and Him” album the other day and got stuck on their song “Me and You.” I honestly love this song. It serves as a littler reminder to myself on days when I’m feeling frustrated, negative, or down. If you haven’t heard the song before, here’s the lyrics:
Well I’m back in your good graces again.
Remember when you told me that I was your only friend?
Well you’ve made the best of this life
Where you never knew one day from the next
Dig, your heels in, little girl
put ’em to the test.
You gotta be kind to yourself
You gotta be kind to yourself
Well I heard you had the blues again
It seems like all those little things add up in the end
Well, I know that you worry a lot about
Things you can’t control
There’s some many things we’d like to have
But we just cannot hold
You gotta be kind to yourself
You gotta be kind to yourself
You gotta be kind to yourself
You gotta be kind to yourself
Some days I just get frustrated. I feel like I have so many roles to play – wife, daughter, sister, friend, photographer, designer, business owner, pet owner. With a responsibility to be so many things to so many people I often end up short-changing myself. It can be hard to find time to do the simplest things for myself – like reading a book or going on a hike. And I know I’m not the only woman out there who feels this way. We want so badly to take care of and cater to the people we care about that we forget to take care of ourselves.
So when I hear “Me and You” it reminds me that I need to take care of myself once in a while. It doesn’t make me a bad or selfish person to need to look to my needs or wants. And in truthfulness I need to do this in order to be a happy, fully-functional individual.
So today I’m encouraging you to take a little time for yourself today. Maybe you spend 30 minutes watching your favorite show, or reading a book, or maybe you just want to sit outside by yourself for a little bit. Whatever it is you’ve been wanting to do – do it. You deserve to be taken care of too!
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