love yourself for it

Found this in Rob Breszny's Free Will Astrology column today, so I'm not sure if the quote is accurately attributed or not. I am sure that I deeply resonate with it, as long as we change a few words. I'll tell you what they are after you read it first ....

"The only way to get a difficult feeling to go away is simply to love yourself for it," says author Christiane Northrup. "If you think you're stupid, then love yourself for feeling that way. It's a paradox, but it works. To heal, you must . . . shine the light of compassion on any areas within you that you feel are unacceptable."

Let's replace The only way with One way, and To heal you must with Try experimenting with. Okay, that's better. Now I feel more comfy passing it on ...

Wait a sec, there's more. We don't need to get difficult feelings to "go away." They do that by themselves. So let's take that out too. How about this:

Experiment with loving yourself for feeling whatever way you feel at the moment, and shining the light of your own compassion on any areas within you that feel unacceptable.

Much better. :)