Day 60: I Am Enough

As part of the MSC mindfulness course I will be studying compassion-the desire to help another human being in distress and in particular self-compassion, the desire to help myself when I am in distress. I have recognised that I have struggled to give myself compassion as I have not considered myself deserving.

Because the opposite to self compassion is self criticism-that old inner critic-the you are not enough voice. A friend of a friend has 'I am enough' tattooed on her hand to remind herself. I loved this so much that before lockdown, I went into a tattoo shop to ask about getting 'I am enough' tattooed on my wedding ring finger. I told the tattoo artist that it was to remind myself that I did n't need to get married again.

This was shortly after I had stood on the bridge over the Clyde and thought I had few other options than jumping. I thought that a tattoo would also remind me that I had other options. Now that I am starting to learn my inherent value and worth, maybe I don't need a tattoo to remind me #startingtorockselflove #iamenough #braveasfuck.