When you first start to actively take a role in self-care, you can easily get discouraged whenever you do not see an immediate advantage from a single act of self-care, like eating a little bit healthier for the day or mindfully involving yourself in an activity. With self-care, you have to keep in mind that nothing is going to be so easy, it is not something that you do today then you are done. You have to take your time to learn how to properly self-care. If you want to see the fruits of your self-care and you want it to work for you, your effort has to be long term too. That means committing to doing what works for you and making it a lifestyle. 

My child, how often do you give up on something that you have started because it takes time to bear fruit. Like a failed self-care, you may have sought me once, prayed once and you expected a big answer in return. I have seen instances where you have felt discouraged because what you want has not been given to you. For you to continually receive these things, then prayer has to be your lifestyle. You have to incorporate the self-care of tending to your spiritual needs if you want to feel whole again and heard.

Beloved, I help those who need help, and this can be shown by your actions. Many people come to me, but sometimes, it is for their own selfish reasons, and when I do not dance to their tune they quickly leave. Dear one, I see the depths of your heart, and when you come to me, let it be out of love and not because you want something material. Incorporate this in your self-care routine, do you need to feel joy, forgiven, understood, and loved? Then leave all these perceptions of what you think you want that are so temporary.