Meeting myself where I am

(Happy New Year 2024!)

I’d like to give myself a pat on the back

For having done something well, but I lack

The ability to encourage myself in this way

“It was nothing special, what you did today”

I end up admonishing myself for feeling proud

And this rebuke my psyche hears, clear and loud..

I remind myself I am far from perfect at the moment

To become “better” in the future is my intent

So that I have something of which I can be

Genuinely proud, something that the whole world can see

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I have noticed that no matter what I achieve

My inner critic continues to make me believe

That the person I am now is not good enough

To hear its constant rebukes is tough

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Since this is a new year, it is time for a resolution new

The following is what I am planning to do-

I resolve to meet myself where I am and not where I want to be

Since I reside in the present, not in the future I want to see

I promise to treat myself with the kindness I deserve

All the negative self-talk has never any purpose served

So let me change the way in which myself I address

Extending grace to myself might lead me to happiness..