I wrote this for a retreat last year in Joshua Tree. I've found the practice of self-compassion very healing and important. Karuna, the Pali word for the 2nd of the Divine Abodes, the Brahama-Viharas, the Four Immeasurables - all ways to describe the 4 Heart Practices that Compassion is one of. They are called these because when we practice them our hearts heal and expand. These are the phrases, May I be safe, May I be peaceful, May I be kind to myself, May I accept myself.