A religious teacher once said that he had not come to judge people. A powerful message but one that is often so hard to apply to ourselves – especially when things are not going well or we have taken a wrong turning in life. We often hold huge unempathetic and negative judgements against ourselves – when perhaps a little compassion and gentleness could be more helpful to move forward in situations that are often extremely difficult. Next time things are not going so well try and show yourself some kindness and understanding – we are all a work in progress.
Perhaps try and extend the grace and compassion to yourself you would to a friend or someone you cared about.
So, although Oasis are playing at Wembley this weekend lets refer to Blur’s song Universal when it comes to those harsh negative destructive self critical thoughts “Just Let Them Go”.