“Be gentle first with yourself if you wish to be gentle with others.”— Lama Yeshe
We ought to allow room for us to make mistakes and gently correct them. Self-criticism is just another form of self-blame. Blaming doesn’t support growth. So it is better to encourage growth than to look for mistakes. Mistakes are inevitable because we’re humans. Mistakes only reveal new self-discoveries. Discoveries that will help understand one another without passing judgment. Being gentle goes a long way than being coerced into something we’re not ready for. Knowing self is also about understanding others. We all have dreams, we all have concerns, and we have more similarity than dissimilarity.
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