Self-compassion or Self-pity? (1)

Emotions

Emotions are by far downright subjective constructs. Pain, pleasure, anger, sorrow, jealousy, nervousness, disdain; every emotion is felt after a personal appraisal of a given situation. For each one of us, there is only one ‘self’. The rest comprise the remainder of this magnanimous globe. Small as we truly seem in comparison to the gamut that surrounds us, we are the biggest and most important to ourselves. We are our own world, we control our own lives, and we ought to care for our selves, nurture ourselves, love ourselves and heal ourselves when we hurt. Self-compassion is the softest and tenderest of all emotions each one needs to inculcate.

My weakness my defense?

tangle or disentangle: make the choice

The human mind
The human brain is a complicated contraption with its one billion neurons and more than a few dozen neurochemicals that interplay to stimulate robust and convincing thoughts. Some of these are constructive while others work invariably for the worse of the person thinking them. When this mighty brain within the skull of every human foregoes its ability of filtering thinking, there is transient suspension of rationality. This may well be innocuous, however prolonged dwelling in negative and faulty mindsets transforms the thought process irreversibly, engendering irrational thoughts that are universally acknowledged to lead to unfavorable emotions and negative behaviors…

Love thyself the most

loving yourself is an art that's very worthy of mastery

The defense called projection

People seem naïve but they indeed are well aware of their defects. Human beings see their own shortcomings in those around them. They pick on ill habits of others in spite of dwelling likewise in their own. Awareness is not even the need of the hour; it already exists. Acceptance and a will to change are the necessities. Projection involves throwing ones flaws on the world outside and seeing it as ‘bad’. The reverse, introjection; entails internalizing the goodness around and living to ones fullest, knowing that life is beautiful and we ourselves are worthy of love.