From “Embracing Your Second Calling: Find Passion and Purpose for the Rest of Your Life” by Dale Hanson Bourke
Self-care is NOT:
- Taking without concern for others
- Grasping, greedy, mean
- Selfish
- Manipulating others to get attention, care, or love
Self-care IS:
- Having concern for others but not at your own expense
- Getting enough sleep, good food, and exercise
- FInding mental stimulation to keep mentally alert
- Spending time with people who like and respect you
- Not expecting one person or group to meet all your needs
Self-caring PEOPLE:
- Do for others because they want to, not to get something
- Act without fear of what others will think, getting satisfaction from the action itself, not others’ reaction
- Share love and are able to accept love in return
- Are able to care for others because they recognize and find the love and attention they themselves need
- Know they are neither marvelous nor insignificant
- Allow others the dignity of making their own mistakes and claiming their own successes
- Accept themselves and others as they really are, with all their faults and strengths