SELF CARE SUNDAY

Best Advice Ever From Aibileen: You is Kind. You is Smart. You is Important.

But Do You Believe It?

Created in Canva by Nancy Blackman

God, help me to know that I am as kind, smart, and important as you know me to be.

Have you seen the movie The Help? If you haven’t, it was the infamous quote that Aibileen, the maid who cared for a young girl, said every day before she sent her off to school — You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

I think it became an infamous quote because no matter what age you are, you need to hear that daily. You need to know that you are the way God created you — kind, smart, and important — especially in God’s eyes.

The real question: do you believe it?

Created in Canva by Nancy Blackman

As a practice of self-care, take a moment and acknowledge yourself.

Exercise

• Breathe in, allowing your lungs to fill and your stomach to expand as you allow the breath of God to flow through your cells and body.
• Breathe out, allowing the negative thoughts of the week to be released.
• Breathe in: “I am…