February Mantra

I trust myself.

I listen to my intuition.

I look within.

I am gentle with myself.

I accept myself.

I love myself.

In this month where love is celebrated, I wanted to focus on self love, self appreciation, and self care…mostly because I kinda suck at it sometimes! 😅 Maybe you can relate?
 
There is nobody who is harder on myself or gets more disappointed in myself, than me.
 
And it has been brought to my attention that the way I care for Valentine is not very sustainable if I also don't make time to care for myself…I realized this is true because I have really felt pushed to my limits at times.
 
So instead of being hard on myself for being hard on myself (!), I am trying to embrace this month's mantra--to remember all the times I have trusted myself and things turned out right, to talk to myself like how I would talk to a good friend, to let go of this idea of perfection or being the best, and to chill out a little and simply show myself a little more love! I invite you to do the same. May we all move through the year with the energy and confidence of this fabulous child. :)
     
For this sketchbook page I began with writing down positive examples in my life as the result of listening to myself. Mistakes always seem to stick so this is a reminder of all the good that's come from it. I added pink watercolor for self love. Then I used a white crayon to write the mantra. I like how you can't see it until you add paint to it--I felt like it represented how our intuition and gut feelings are invisible but so powerful. I added a layer of white paint as a symbol of forgiving ourselves, a clean slate when we need it, and finished it with pressed flowers to symbolize finding the beauty within and growing and blossoming into who we are. (I also love the idea of getting ourselves flowers instead of waiting for someone else to!)
     
I kept seeing things that fit the theme of this mantra recently and wanted to share some of them with you as well…
 
“Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Fall in love with the path of deep healing. Fall in love with becoming the best version of yourself but with patience, with compassion, and respect to your own journey.” 
Sylvester McNutt
   
Love After Love
The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
 
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
 
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
 
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
Derek Walcott
  
Thank you Ellen for sharing these words with me!
 
Lyrics about coming back to ourselves and following our own rhythm and timing. Click on the link to hear the line:
 
Our voices are significant / Our parent's shoes don't need to fit / And when we just get over it / Oh, just let it go / And take it slow / Keep my head high / Keep my heart light, light
 
I’m done chasing all the wrong things / that open road has come call to me / got the wind in my hair and my worries in the rearview / i’m not attached in the way i used to / better when i’m set free  
 
Springtime, get a little me time / A little breathe time, fresh air / New beginnings and less cares / Wonder who can hear the thunder / Rolling in over the green / White noise in a distant dream / Isn’t it lovely, lovely / Lovely, lovely / Doing my own thing, own thing / Own thing on my own time
     
Remember that there is so much to love and celebrate about each one of us ❤️
    
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