Mary's
Minute
"Grace will take you places hustling won't."
- Brené Brown
I have always believed in the power of hard work or "hustling," but this year more than ever I am seeing the power of also giving ourselves grace. One definition of grace is, "courteous goodwill," and we certainly believe in giving others courteous goodwill, so why not give it to ourselves? For instance, my goal is to write Mary's Minute on Fridays, but this week I decided to give myself the grace to wait until Saturday.
This has been a year like no other,
and I think every one of us has our unique struggles. Being understanding
with ourselves is not a permission to make excuses, but simply treating
ourselves with the same kindness we would show to others, recognizing that our
feelings and confusion are real.
In being kind to ourselves and
others, I think we will see that we will go places that hard work alone cannot
take us.
The next time we are feeling
overwhelmed, sad, confused, or even angry, let's try to remember how we would
treat someone else with those emotions. My guess is that we would want to
treat them with courteous goodwill, so please give yourself the grace also!
Have a good week!
Mary
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