Giving Grace
Hello beautiful souls ,
Today I want to talk about grace. You know the thing we don’t give ourselves enough. What we deprive ourselves of because we feel like a burden for having to ask for help, days off, modified work, and feel like we can never be enough for ourselves.
We have a debilitating disease that isn’t seen as a severe enough disease that we should talk about or even complain about. A disease that has taken so much to where we are left to give ourselves so little. In a whirlwind all the time trying to balance our work, home life and feeling like a human being.
When is the last time you gave yourself a pat on the back for making it through a difficult day? The days that seem so bleak and crippling but you made it through and managed to even smile once. The days where you cried and felt less than a human being. The day where you barely rolled over in bed. The day where you pushed yourself, went to work and worked your ass off being the top worker smiling at everyone. Treating others with grace and understanding.
Yes, those days.. Did you tell yourself, “ I am proud of you for making it through today.” When was the last time you said something positive and uplifting to yourself?
I know for me it’s been awhile that I have truly looked at myself and felt proud. I have been battling the feelings of being a burden not able to work hard enough or feel like I need to overcompensate. Feeling like an awful partner to my boyfriend because I can’t give him what I feel he should have. Feeling like a bad person because I wasn’t able to show up for my family or friends.
Today I read about grace in the Bible. That not only does our savior give us grace but we need to give ourselves grace. We are on an uphill battle daily and yet here we are still waking up and going to war.
Grace something we give to everyone around us. What is grace? How do you show up for yourself?
Grace is, “ being kind to yourself as you would be to others.” Or what I say,
“ giving yourself a damn break”. You are worthy and more than enough. Be kind to yourself. Give yourself a hug and tell yourself it’s okay to fall apart and have a bad day, week, month(s), or year(s). You are STILL here. You are STILL fighting.
No matter what you face you show up day in and day out. Talk to yourself like you would talk to a friend or family member going through what you are.