Just because you can’t do it now, doesn’t mean you can’t do it. It just means you can’t do it yet.
Those words repeat themselves over and over inside my head as I watch my four-year-old daughter.
She sits at the kitchen table, her breathing heavy with concentration.
Her eyes fix intently on the paper clutched in one hand and scissors awkwardly gripped in the other.
There’s will. But not a lot of skill.
She gets frustrated and soon mini triangles flurry across the floor as she shreds her paper to pieces.
You’ll get there, love. You’re just not there… yet.
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By the way, we’re in the midst of week 2 of our simple 4-week plan to love ourselves before Valentine’s Day.
Didn’t start from week 1? All is well! You still have nearly three weeks to indulge in some self love.
