How to Be Kind and Compassionate to Yourself

I think humans in general are not very good at understanding long-term effects of things which is why we struggle so much with something like global warming. I have liberated myself from the illusion that it is possible for me to know how I can make the world a better place. It's more like how can I be kind and compassionate to myself believing that will create ripples in how I treat the people around me and my direct environment. That'll create ripples because those people will be influenced by that and might be more kind and compassionate  to people around them. A grassroots approach rather than trying to create a system that forces people to be compassionate or kind was one of your reflections on this