If you found your friend tripped over in the middle of the hallway at school, or if you saw old women walking with a heavy bag, you would go up to them and offer help? When someone close to you is in difficult situation and seeking help, you will at least listen to he/she. You are kind. But why should we be kind to others? One of the reason is simply because you will feel better and improve self-esteem due to your action. Or it might be because “be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle” which Plato once said. Kindness is in the cycle, if you be kind to someone, that someone would be kind to you. Then let’s see what you would say If you tripped over in the hallway at school, you would probably go like “I’m stupid, hope nobody saw that”. Once I was practicing the piano for the recital, I made mistakes with the same part over and over again, I was so tired of myself, and “Why do I keep making the same mistake? Why can’t I even do this easy simple stuff?”. When something bad happens, we blame ourselves. This is not only because of my lack of self-confidence, but because I am hard on myself. Not being strict, being mean. Sometimes people are required to be mean to urge to sacrifice yourself in order to make better results. However, we tend to be too mean at times. If the person tripped over was others than you, you won’t talk to them in the way you reacted to yourself. Why can’t we be kind to ourselves when we can to others? Being kind to yourself is one of the most important step of self care, but how should one take care of themself? Briefly, I believe it is “to cherish your feeling and thoughts, and interests”. Your feelings and thoughts are the things you want to value the most, otherwise how could people don’t live their lives be kind to others? If you could not value yourself, you would feel like you need somebody you can rely on or wait until something special happens to make you feel accepted enough. But you don’t want to be like that. You want to be able to value yourself on your own. In real life, it is difficult to value and take care of yourself when the society and outside world are often times telling us to be strict to self, and kind to others. So the steps below might help!
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