Because we were treated neglectfully and abusively in our young years–when we most needed self-love to be mirrored–it was difficult to hold onto… We take up the challenge of learning to love ourselves, through our highs & our lows, when we are finding acceptance from others and when we are being closed out and rejected. Maureen Brady
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection
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Sharon Salzberg
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and...
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Sharon Salzberg
Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.
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Heath L. Buckmaster
It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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Henry David Thoreau
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
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Diane Von Furstenberg
More Quotes By Maureen Brady
Fearing the unknown within myself has kept me crouching in a corner. I look to see who I am and discover much that is worthy.
I create a home that is a safe and nurturing place for me, where I am free to gather myself.
When shame is met with compassion and not received as conï¬rmation of our guilt, we can begin to see how slant a lens it has had us looking through. That awareness lets us step back far enough to see that if we can let it...
For change to occur in us, we must be willing to enter the wilderness of the unknown and to wander in unfamiliar territory, directionless and often in the darkness.... We do not need to keep every little thing under control. In fact, we find ourselves...
I am filled with truth at my center where I once held shame.
