Do you remember when the Disney movie Lilo and Stitch first came out? A friend of mine took her small daughter to see it. Although her daughter was only just five at the time, it was clear to her that everybody deserves a fair chance, and maybe more than one chance, and everybody deserves to be loved... that great things can happen when we give people a chance - and she was adamant that Lilo saw something in Stitch that was worth seeing - even though nobody else could see it!. Ah, the wisdom of children!
So thinking about that, because it's kind of cute, I thought I'd share this with you because in many ways, we all have a "Stitch" inside us - something that needs love and needs acceptance and needs to be given a chance to grow, to improve, to be better, and not just "written off" when we don't get it right the first time, or the second and so on...
You forgive children for mistakes because they are learning, but what we forget is that we never stop learning - it is a lifelong process. There is no magical age at which we are expected to be "perfect" - it doesn't work that way. But if we don't even allow ourselves the chance to try, forgive ourselves for the mistakes we will make (and should make, if we are "living") and love ourselves as we love our children, then we are doing the greatest disservice to a wonderful member of the imperfect human race.
Try this week to look upon yourself as a large child! Or a naughty Stitch. Be gentle with yourself and help yourself "grow" in a friendly, forgiving environment.
Give yourself a "chance"! (Make that "many" chances! It takes a lot of practice, trial and error to become perfect!)
Terri Levine
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