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Self Care Sunday

Because You Matter: Take Some Time to Show Up For Yourself

The art of loving includes loving yourself

Nancy Blackman, MASF
3 min readJun 12, 2022

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“Self-care is never a selfish act — it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.” —Parker Palmer

Loving Spirit, may Your compliments of love, kindness, beauty, and grace pour over me today.

Many people run around constantly tending to others — children, elderly parents, spouses, etc. What about you?

Are you tending to your soul?

This will be a quick and short Self Care Sunday encouragement because you matter and taking more time for yourself is better than sitting here reading. Today, take some time to show up for yourself.

Exercise

Write a list of compliments to yourself.
Make it as short or as long, but take five minutes (set a timer if you need to) and write quickly. Let…

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Nancy Blackman, MASF
Nancy Blackman, MASF

Written by Nancy Blackman, MASF

Boosted & 8x Top Writer. Owner: Refresh the Soul publication. Editor: The Shortform and Poetry Playground. Published in: “Mixed Korean: Our Stories" — Kindle.

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