Helping others become even better versions of themselves
From the day we are able to think to the day we die there is one person who criticises us the most.
That person is ourselves.
If we were asked to take a fork and repeatedly stab ourselves in the leg with it we wouldn’t do it as it would cause us great pain.
Yet we happily choose to spend a lifetime inflicting mental pain, ‘stabbing ourselves’ with constant self-criticism.
What if we choose instead to be our biggest fans?
Why choose pain when you do not need to.
The judgement of others is more often a reflection of ourselves, of things that we are not willing to change or face.
It defines us not the person who we judge.
What if the energy that we expend on scrutinising others was channelled to assessing our own behaviour?
What if we focused only on the one thing we can control, ourselves?
Maybe then we could practice non-judgemental and unconditional love of our fellow citizens.
We need to live our own lives, citizens.
Philip Dodson 