Happiness, Kindness, and Love

I'm trying an experiment
with my Zen Cards today and hopefully it will work.

I think it was Will Rogers who said,
"Most people are about as happy
as they make up their minds to be."

It took me a long time
to realize
the fact that I could be happy
or I could be "right"
but seldom
both at the same time.
:)

Learning to be as kind & gentle
with myself
as I've always been with others,
took even longer,
but I realized eventually
that until I could treat myself
with genuine consideration
there was always a price to be paid
by all concerned.

Everyone wins
when we each take care of
ourselves as lovingly
as we care for others.

Learning to
love and accept myself
just as I am (warts and all)
allows me
to love and accept others
just as THEY are
without needing to change a thing.

We're not perfect
and maybe never will be
but perfect
is
boring!

(See these song lyrics at Small Reflections)

This post didn't turn out like I'd hoped, but it's good enough for the moment at least because "I'm not perfect and I know I never will be ..."