Be Kind to Yourself

[Birdlady64]

Today is World Kindness Day

If we all pledge just a single act of kindness it will make a huge positive difference. Better still let’s all pledge to find ways of making kindness a normal part of our daily lives. But as well as being kind to others, we need to be kind to ourselves as well.

If you set out today to try for a PB but didn’t achieve it – that’s OK. That PB is still waiting for you to claim it. If you had a target distance or time for your run today but stopped short – well that’s fine too. You still have that goal to motivate you on a future run.

You made the effort to lace up and get out there so that’s a success. You ran! And in the words of Nike Run Club’s Coach Bennett – “if you can’t run the run you wanted to run, run the run that you can run”. You did that!

And if you intended to run today but haven’t managed to get out there (yet!) then even that is fine. Those pesky gremlins can be dogged little blighters, but you were motivated enough to intend to run. You just aren’t motivated enough to run right now.

But you will be...

So, let’s all pledge to be a little less hard on ourselves.

Happy World Kindness Day and happy running everyone

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[Hareshaw-Granny Graduate10]

Lovely post and great sentiments. Very thought provoking. Will definitely give it a go.👍

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Great Post Birdlady64. Happy WorldKindnessDay to you to.🤗🤗

[Over62]

Lovely post

[dijep Graduate10]

Lovely post full of things to make us think. I agree that we need to be kinder to ourselves especially at the moment when there is so much we can't control.

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Happy kindness day to you too. I’m getting loads of kindness kisses from baby hugs whose under my care today - the run can wait until tomorrow 🤗

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

What a lovely day you must be having 💗

The run can definitely wait

[Frizzbomb67 Graduate10]

Well said 😊

[Hidden]

Lovely post Birdlady64. Thank you 😌

[Littleoyellow Graduate10]

Thank you for spreading the kindness Birdlady- this running lark and the camaraderie of this forum are truly as good for the mind as the body 😁🤗

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Littleoyellow]

Yes you are absolutely right there

[61Lady Graduate10]

Simply ... just thank you ... this is really meaningful and very well received ❤️