So be gentle with yourself; show yourself the same kindness and patience you might show a young child-the child you once were.  If you won’t be your own friend, who will be? If, when playing an opponent, you are also opposing yourself, you will be outnumbered…You probably would find it cruel and uneccessary to say to someone. ‘you are really stupid; you keep making the same mistakes; you should give up; you’ll never be any good!’

Yet we think it’s ok to say the same things to ourselves.

– Dan Millman