Be Kind to Yourself

As a missionary I was consistently falling short of my goals. Week after week, day after day things didn't measure up the way I had hoped and planned for the night before.
Yet I have never been happier failing...
90% of the time it was out of my control.
the other 10% I successful in some other area to make up for it.

So what happens when you can't blame your short comings on other people,
what happens when it is your own agency at fault?

Post Mission Depression.. it is real.
It has almost been 2 months since I stepped off that plane and all of my dreams of what life would be like when I was an RM have been slipping through my fingers like sand ever since.
Were my scripture, temple and exercising goals too ambitious? Did I change at all in those last 18 months? Do I even still speak Spanish? Am I too "normal" too quickly?
It is a violent downward spiral
   and it needs to S T O P

Be kind to yourself

No one comes home from a mission a perfected person. You come home with new skills and new goals. You have to learn new skills and adjust your goals.

Be kind to yourself

Your Father in Heaven loves you just as much now as He did when you were a missionary, you lost no value in His eyes.

Be kind to yourself

Balancing school, work and social life is a challenge. It is normal to make some mistakes and feel stress.

Be kind to yourself

The things that mattered most there are the things that still matter most here. The people who loved and supported you when you were there still love and support you. They want you to...

Be kind to yourself

They were right when they told me it was harder to come home than it was to leave. I'm grateful for the reminder I received to be kind to myself. That is where we access the atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ. Our older brother wants us to be kind to everyone... including ourselves.

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inspired by the wise words of Mom