Loved this post. I have to catch myself if I'm being down on myself. Old habits die hard. Best thing I can do is flip it.. would a friend be so down on me? Unlikely. Funny how our brains are wired for the negative.

I appreciate what @porters said below about being attached to pain. I guess the trick is to realise that's what's happening and to have tools to address it. Resolving to turn my mind away from despair today.. again. Been a hard week. Sometimes meditation and mindful awareness is hard as our vulnerability drags us back to those old places. So good to be refreshed with a post like this.