I absolutely agree! And I appreciate your witness to my process of striving for thrival.

I believe I can love and respect another only as much as I love and respect myself, so ultimately how I treat anyone is a reflection of how I feel about and treat myself.

Beating myself up is in no way ideal, and just draws out my suffering of transgressions great and small. I recognize I have more programming to upgrade in how I treat myself thus others. But I'm coming back to compassion and self-forgiveness, and recognizing I'm truly the only one with real power to make the life of my dreams.