Be Gentle

Be Gentle 

When our desire surpasses our fear. 

         As many years as I wandered in the 'woo-woo' of life I only had one invisible angel speak to me. Almost forty years ago while living alone in St. Johns, Oregon an odor of a strange perfume was followed by a voice  "Be Gentle." That's all. It was a time of change  and I took the words to mean be gentle with your self. 

        There is a Gary Larson-The Far Side-cartoon showing two Martians hiding behind a rock. They set up a mirror on one side of the path in front of a rock, down which were walking a man and  woman. One Martian says to the other, "Let's see if it attacks it's own image."

                                          

          We may never meet an audience so judgmental as we are of ourself. Use Self-compassion-"Be Gentle" said the angel. Cultivate self friendship as the key to self-compassion:             Be your own best friend because everyone needs someone to be there for them, and wherever we go there we are. 

          Make the audience your best friend because as a speaker your purpose is to change the world by getting the audience to fall in love with themselves. 

         Be gentle with your self, you are precious.