selfCompassion = innerFriendship;
struggle.arrives();
criticism.pauses();
hand.findsTheHeart();
if (self.stumbles)
self.doesNotLeave();
if (words.soften)
body.relaxes();
selfCompassion != selfPity;
selfCompassion != excuses;
selfCompassion = support;
// speak to yourself
// the way you would speak to someone you love

// by jimena buena vida • Marfa, TX 2026