Self Companionship

Some days

I need my own company 

I sit with myself

The way I would sit with someone I love 

Unhurried

Attentive

Without trying to fix or mend

Listening

Without agenda

I soften my shoulders

And turn toward myself

I breathe into the space between us

As if I am holding hands 

With the person inside me 

I offer comfort 

To the tired

And ordinary parts of myself

Bit by bit

I learn to trust my inner world 

Not by trying to control it

But by befriending it

I remind myself 

That my own presence is medicine

That staying close to myself

With curiosity and kindness matters

And as I learn to dwell here 

Not abandoning myself

To meet the needs, expectations, or shoulds of others

I remember:

The most life changing compassion 

Is the one I offer myself

By Tanya Cameron