Tenderness

Who are we without this delicate strength? Is anything we achieve without tenderness really worthit? Be tender to yourself, especially when you screw up. Practice Metta on yourself: because people who are un-tender with other people are always hardest of all on themselves. As Michael Ondaatje says, “To rest was to receive all aspects of the world without judgement….. tenderness towards the unknown and anonymous, which was tenderness to the self.”