THE LITTLE THINGS MATTER.

“It’s not how hard we work or our titles that make us great, it’s our humanity that makes us great.”

Today I celebrate the wedding day of my parents, without it I would not be here.

When I look back I see myself as a young girl with an entire life in front of her. I see her training to be a gymnast and compete with the hopes of achieving success and respect. I see a toddler and a baby learning how to navigate the world, guided by elders. And I see my parents when they first met and decided to create a life and a future together. Thankfully I was a part of that future.

GETTING IN TUNE WITH YOURSELF

It took me two burnouts and losing both of my parents within a year to cancer before I realized that self-care is a daily mindset, not something we do only on weekends to recover from a stressful week. Socrates introduced us to self-care in ancient Greece as knowing ourselves, so that caring for ourselves is how we can care for loved ones. The sense that self-care is not just about us has been part of the human condition since we appeared on earth. Buddhism speaks about compassion for ourselves so that we can have compassion for others. We are all interconnected. Self-care is not just about self. It’s about care. 

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Originally published on June 13, 2023 at JeanetteBronee.com.