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I love what Venerable Amy Miller said: remember that we are Buddhists, not Buddha’s.
This sentence is helpful for me, it reminds me that I am in training and doing the best I can.
When I notice that I’m giving myself a hard time, it can be helpful to have an inner dialogue with the upset part. Not pushing it away, but treating the upset inner part as a friend or child, depending on what is going on.