Every night as we tuck our almost-five-year-old Lou into bed, we ask him a series of silly, sweet questions to which he gleefully responds: MEEEE!!!!

My favorite is "Who are we very proud of?"

("MEEEE!!!!")

I love this question because we are proud of him for things like his curiosity, his silliness, his inquisitiveness, his sweet heart, his telling us things like “I need space.” ( <— pro-tip, teach your people this sentence, even your toddlers, so you can model taking space AND ask for space too!).  

And I hope we will always be proud of him for things like this. Not necessarily for his accomplishments, his productivity, his awards, his bank account. His “success on paper.”

I hope this for all of us, really: that our deep worthiness, our pride in simply BEing here, can be tied to who we are, not just what we do. 

Whether you wrote the next great novel during this pandemic year. Whether you've been wearing the same PJs since Wednesday. Whether you've lost your patience or your job or your sanity. 

Try asking YOURSELF this right now. 

Q: Who am I very proud of? 

A:  MEEEEEEEE!

I'm proud of us too. 

Let's just keep showing up. 

LEAVE A COMMENT: LET US ALL CELEBRATE EACH OTHER. FINISH THIS SENTENCE IN THE COMMENTS: “TODAY, I’M PROUD OF MYSELF BECAUSE … “

xo,
Cath

Day 28 Early Morning Meditation — New day. New you. Same choice.

OR —

DAY 28: QUIET EVENING WIND DOWN PRACTICE (10 MIN)