When I first started, I was fairly certain “metta meditation” will not work for me. After all, I’m a bitter person with the self-worth less than a chicken nugget. If self-deprecation was a competitive sport, I’d be an Olympian.
Yet somehow it worked. Those four little sentences made a world of difference, day by day. So much so, I’m tweaking the phrasing, so I can be kinder to myself and others. If anyone else is interested, here’s your daily affirmation and reminder:
May I be safe
May I be peaceful
May I be kind to myself
May I accept myself as I am
May you be safe
May you be peaceful
May you be kind to yourself
May you accept yourself as you are
