How to Heal the World from CRAZY

Want to know the secret to healing the world from CRAZY?

First of all, it starts with you. And me. Every one of us, as individuals.

Because you know what contributes the most to an insane world? People with less than sane approaches to life.

I’m not talking about the whackos. I’m talking about you and me. We ALL have our insanities, and we all contribute to a crazy world.

Here’s the BIGGEST secret to healing the crazies:

Get to know yourself so intimately, it’s like you’re living inside your own skin.

Oh wait, you already are? Of course. But are you comfortable in your skin? Are you at peace with your thoughts? Do you welcome and accept your feelings (all of them, even the ugly ones)?

Do you not only know your own weaknesses, but have compassion for them? Or do you beat yourself up every time they show up?

Do you laugh at your idiosyncracies? Allow yourself to cry over the silliest things?

Embrace yourself for your beauty and talent? Comfort yourself when you make mistakes?

The more you truly love yourself as if you were your own lover, mother, sister, brother, spouse, child, the more you can extend love to others.

The more you accept your differences from others with kindness and without judgment, the more you can accept others.

The more you talk to yourself with gentleness, with compassion for all those glaring flaws, the more you will speak to others with kindness.

So how much do you love yourself? Put aside ego. Acknowledge what you’re good at and what you suck at. They’re just facts.

Once you really know what you’re working with, you can increase your strengths and work on reducing your weaknesses.

Love yourself in all your pain and glory, for all your wounds and worry. You are a complex work in progress. And so is everyone else.

What kindness can you give yourself today, and then look around to share with someone else?

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