Learning to be gentle, one toothbrush at a time

I’ve returned from a trip to NYC and am recovering from a cold, so I’m rerunning a blog with an appropriate message. I have no doubt we could all use a little more gentleness.

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I shuffled into the bathroom and looked at my sleepy self in the mirror. I immediately thought of Louise Hay and her commitment to the practice of “mirror work” – the habit of saying “I love you. I really, really love you,” each time you look in a mirror. As I smiled at her memory and said the words to myself, I grabbe...