blackbrownuniverse:Reflective post (please share this with someone who may need to hear it): Interna
blackbrownuniverse:Reflective post (please share this with someone who may need to hear it): Internal pain can be paralyzing. Doubts, fears, resentment, anxiety, feeling misunderstood. I can often relate as many of you, I’m sure, can. Some of the ways to appreciate your current disposition is to appreciate that you will always be terribly flawed but that doesn’t make you a terrible person. Separate the hate you have for these crippling feelings from the hate you have for yourself. Don’t hate yourself. Don’t. With a cup that’s running empty, work on how you’ll fill it for you first and then for others, where needed. For the moment, you won’t be a great friend or confidant, creator or communicator, sibling, influencer, ally, because working on yourself can often be an isolating journey. Try getting in to a step-by-step habit of working through all this and come out with a lot more perspective. While examining your toxic traits, be kind to yourself. Gentle with your fragility. You only have one you. You can’t trade the person you are but you can work through each feeling and begin to unpack the version of you that can thrive. Don’t castigate yourself to the point of self-loathing. Talk to your heart and mind. Grow. Heal. Repeat. Search for kindness, be it in The Word or in quiet meditation. Get mad but don’t stay mad. Don’t get even, it makes you feel worse later. Trust me. Don’t go breaking yourself; there’s a freedom and self-actualization on the other side that is worth working towards.Here’s a mantra that might help:I am doing the best I can.I am enough. ✨ Model/Words: @officialjanetmbuguaPhotography: Huru Creative: Mali kimono: @2nuboutique Stylist: @brianbabuHair: @humanhaircentre -- source link