Affirmations to help with kindness AKA How to be kind even when you don’t want to be kind.

It can be hard to be kind when you don’t want to be kind. but that kindness can be saying, “No.” Kindness can be saying nothing. Kindness can be not showing up. Check out boundaries for more on this kind of kindness. If you need to build more compassion for yourself, check out these tips and affirmations here. Use these affirmations to help with those people—a toddler, teen, or overbearing parent—you are tired of being kind to.

I forgive myself for believing I can't be kind to them.

I forgive myself for believing people have to earn my kindness. 

I forgive others for treating me like I have to earn their respect and kindness.

I forgive myself for believing it is my fault when someone is not kind to me.

I forgive myself for believing someone else has to change before I can choose to be kind.

I forgive myself for believing other people have to earn my kindness and respect for me in order for me to treat them with dignity.

I forgive others when they treated me like I had to earn my human dignity in order to be treated with kindness and respect.

I give others permission to forgive me when I didn't treat them with kindness and respect.

I forgive myself for believing I can't be kind if I don't want to be kind.

I forgive myself for believing pretending to be kind is too hard.

I forgive myself for believing that kindness is weakness.

I give myself permission  to take a break when I don't feel like being kind.

I give myself permission to be still when I don't feel like being kind.

I give myself permission to not do or say anything when I don't feel like being kind.

I give myself permission to be kind by saying, “No.”

I give myself permission to feel more kindness and compassion towards myself when I don't think I deserve kindness.

I forgive myself for believing I have to be angry instead of kind.

I forgive myself for believing I can't be angry and kind at the same time.

I give myself permission to be empathetic to others when they are not being kind.

I give myself permission to extend perspective and understanding to others that I hope they extend to me.

I am kind.

I can choose kindness even when I don't want to.

I give myself permission to accept that doing nothing can be kind.

I can choose compassion for myself and for others.

I give myself permission to accept that kindness is strength.

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