Care for Your Soul

"Let us imagine care of the soul, then, as an application of poetics to everyday life"
- Thomas Moore

It is an important part of our daily rituals and goals to care for our soul. We each have certain routines or purposes that help soothe and care for our soul. Whether that is calling a friend, taking a nap, hugging a child, going for a walk, eating chocolate, dreaming, fantasizing, praying, or maybe just living.

We need to remember that while it is very important to care for those around us, and help serve wherever possible, we can't forget ourselves. As we incorporate all of our many roles and responsibilities into our lives, lets not forget ourselves, our soul.  We would do well to strive to uplift ourselves as well as those around us. To strengthen our own hearts even as we strive to strengthen those near us. And to have patience and forgiveness towards our own mistakes as we also have patience for and forgive those dear to us.

Shakespeare wrote:
 "This above all: To thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man"

When we strive to be true to our-self and strengthen our soul, then we can more fully serve and strengthen those around us. Let us lift up our hearts and strive to be the best that we can, So that we can be the helping hand to those around us more fully.

-Cherstin