Can we be kinder to ourselves?

Funny how we tend to focus on the negative.  I've worked out 3 days straight and skipped today.  So when I think about my progress what comes immediately to mind?  "I didn't work out today." 

Part of being fit is resting and meeting our bodies' needs.  I've worked long hours the last few days and my body wanted an extra half hour of sleep.  I had a long day ahead of me -- drove from Spokane to Seattle to attend a meeting today -- and it's really an okay thing for me to cut myself some slack.

Maybe we worry about a day off turning into a month of doing nothing?  Maybe we just don't have enough practice cheering ourselves on?  I don't know.

I do know that if a friend told me she'd worked out 3 days in 4 I'd congratulate her.  Time to do the same for myself.  Yay me!

Here's to being kinder to ourselves.  Here's to treating ourselves with the same kindness and encouragement we would give to a friend.