gouache painting

YAKAP, it means hug in tagalog.

On these difficult times we’ve all been learning to practice more and more self-care and self-love on ourselves, but I feel like sometimes even these “attentions” have become a trend of the moment, a habit you learn to practice but almost like an automatic reaction to something that made us upset or sad.

Hugs though, they are what gives you warmth, real comfort. And since we can not give or receive them that much lately I wonder: how many times have you hugged yourself, accepting your flaws and all and saying to yourself “I don’t need to be perfect. I just need to embrace the moment and do what I feel to” ?

I feel like we should add self-hug to the list of practices we learned to do to show ourselves more love.

Be gentle to yourself ♥︎