Have you ever felt really annoyed with yourself for judging a co-worker, losing your patience with a friend, or something else entirely, instead of cutting yourself some slack? Usually when we’re frustrated with ourselves we try to ploy through the emotion, and at the very least it doesn’t get better, and often gets worse. What I’ve learned the hard way is when we name it (the emotion) and don’t blame it, we can acknowledge what we’re feeling and move on. Blaming only adds layers of guilt or frustration. Naming the emotion we’re feeling, making it OK not to be perfect, we can then start to move on and find resolution.
Life is too short for us to be our biggest critic. Acknowledging we’re fallible is OK, and is a remarkable way to move through the problem, and model a better solution for ourselves and others as well.
