PRACTICE SELF-CARING
As Zen teacher Reb Anderson writes in Being Upright, “All suffering is worthy of compassion.” That means that our own suffering too, the kind we experience when life is challenging and uncertain, is worthy of our compassion.
Self-caring is not a one-off event, but a living, lifelong practice that allows our, which means “getting familiar.” The practice of self-caring is about getting familiar with the part of us that is naturally caring, and getting familiar with what it feels like to apply that tenderness to ourselves.
