#calmqoute

[michaeltheexceptional]

Today I'll like to share a story about an opportunity that I had to practice self compassion. Some years ago I had a live speaking engagement that didn't go as planned. I prepared my talk endlessly but the day before the event I woke up sick. Standing in front of hundreds of people with a fever of 101, I found myself dizzy, distracted and unfocused. A few minutes in, I began stumbling over my words, so there I was live on stage my train of thoughts derailed, struggling to put together sentence after sentence. After the engagement I left for home filled with embarrassment and disappointment, it was a terrible feeling that I couldn't shake off. It wasn't until I mediated that evening that my upset began to shift and self compassion began to arise. A sense of loving kindness washed through me and I was able to recognize that I did my best and could it be okay that it didn't go as planned, could it be alright that my words weren't perfect? and might it be enough that I tried? With this contemplation came a softening around the experience. The embarrassment I held was replaced by a feeling of tenderness, the type of tenderness we rarely offer ourselves as though we are not deserving; but we are and so, on this theme of self compassion see if you can connect with anything that you might be holding right now, self judgement, disappointment, feelings of shame or embarrassment. Come back to that time and seek if it is possible if you can offer yourself self compassion, tap into loving kindness and allow for a wash of loving kindness to flow through you. Let whatever it is you are holding surface and treat it with gentle care and compassion. Take a few moments now to let compassion and tenderness was through you. As Rainer Maria Rilka said "Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being, something that needs our love." #selfcompassion #selflove #selfcare #calmmeditation #calmqoute #femaleceo #ladyboss #girlboss #hustlandheart #ladybosslifestyle #bossbabeco #solopreneur #staybossladies #femalepreneur #herbusiness #workitgirl #fempowerment #shemeansbusiness #manifestingmindset #buildingmyempire #girlbosstips #bossladystatus #femaleentrepreneurlifestyle #womeninbusi https://www.instagram.com/p/B9lYPaaJgcv/?igshid=19xdjq5ooy91q

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