Sometimes all we need is a little pampering to help us feel better...

Alone in our place I was a guest.

Can you help me?” “Well,” I said, “perhaps I can help you help yourself.

Much of your pain is self-chosen.

The dentist swiveled on his heels and disappeared, leaving me there to massage my jaw back into feeling after its brief, masochistic marriage to the top of my wooden desk.

The selfmoment I could pray;
And from my neck so free
The Albatross fell off, and sank
Like lead into the sea.

Taking care of myself doesn't mean 'me first.' It means 'me, too.

Don't spend...but mend yourself...

Even to yourself.

I went in search of myself.

"Self care isn't just treating yourself from time to time. It’s choosing peace during an argument. It’s not feeling guilty for saying "no". It’s spending less time with negative people. It’s prioritizing mental health. It’s praying. It's choosing not to take things personally."

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Ἐδιζησάμην ἐμεωυτόν: I searched myself.

The other night, I had a date with a manicurist. We went to a nightclub. We started to hold hands. And while she was holding my hand, she took my other hand and put it in my drink.