For this week's reflection, focus on the theory of loving-kindness. Consider a time you were hard on yourself for something you would tell someone else, "It's okay. Don't be so hard on yourself." Why were you harder on yourself than you may have been on someone else? How do you see loving-kindness contributing to a happier, healthier you? Going forward, loving-kindness will be the center of this course. We must all take time to be kind and love ourselves. We cannot be kind, loving, and gentle to others if we are unable to find the capacity to be kind, loving, and gentle to ourselves.

This essay must be no less than two pages