A note to myself: On July 11 my (personal) new year. You deserve to feel tenderness and gentleness in your body. You are witnessing gradual aging in your body, witness becoming older. Your body sustains compasion and self inquiry. not bitterness--not righteous anger. Let go with love. Your body is an alter to your trauma, to your survival and also to your transformation and to your joy. Keep leaning into self-compassion.