Quote from CNN Good Stuff July 2, 2022 :
We talk about self-care a lot here. As we should! Everyone deserves the ability to maintain their own peace, no matter what storms rage outside. But it's important to remember that the idea of self-care didn't start with face masks and steaming mugs of tea and nights in with your favorite show (all good things, don't get me wrong). The concept was popularized by Black Civil Rights activist Audre Lorde. In her own words, taking care of herself was "not indulgence, it was self-preservation." It was a political act to Lorde, to be kind and loving to a body that people in power so often sought to oppress. Self-care was necessary because it kept her spirit alive for the hard battles to come.
My colleague Lisa France wrote a lovely little piece last weekend that echoes that sentiment. "I am feeling more determined than ever to reconnect with community and feel some joy," she writes. When joy doesn't come to your door, as it so often doesn't, it's a necessary act to go and choose some for yourself. Not in spite of difficulties, but because of them. I hope you find some way to choose joy -- to choose yourself -- today.
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