To support the women of my circle, I do a short meditation every morning. I first welcome each of them into my heart before affirming them and asking for divine support for their respective intentions.

One day, in utter amazement, I realized that I had been inspired to first welcome myself in my heart! With the same love and respect that I have for the women of my circle, I greeted myself: in a very timid way at first – shocked, almost offended, that I should indulge in such a way – I said the same things to myself that I say to the other women, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

The same way I thank them, I thanked myself for being a part of my life, for being there for me, for supporting me, for my power to create beauty, for the gifts I bring into this life. The same way I give love to them, I gave love to myself…, and the same way I unconditionally embrace them, I embraced myself.

I realized that morning that I can be my first ally, my first support, my unconditional friend, and that when I am, what I give the world is of much higher quality.

~ MD

““You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

-- Buddha