Stop kicking yourself. Yes. YOU.

The best you can be at any given moment is yourself.

You are where you are for whatever reason you are. Be kind to yourself.

Everything you get in your life experiences will be a foundation for everything else. You can't have a high rise with all of the floors that came before. Your building is being built every day, and every day something will be in process and something will be completed, and something will already begin to deteriorate. Just keep listening to that inner guide/feeling and you will build the perfect building for yourself.

When you are true to yourself, you will find yourself more easily able to pursue the things that matter most to you - in spite of seeming adversity.

When you are being true to who you are, you will find yourself being less reactive to the people around you, to the words that are said, and to the events of your life.