Are You Your Own Greatest Friend?

I'm a firm believer that absolutely we have to be our own greatest critics, no doubt. But the value in that, the expectation, is that it's coupled with the commitment to also be our own great ally. Are you? Are you your own greatest ally? Because sometimes I'm not so sure. Do you see how much light you bring to the world? How much better people around you are when you enter a room and smile when you listen to them in their problems? When you inspire them by making decisions with so much at stake, when you don't let the hardship of your past keep you down"? Maybe you talk so much about what the future will be and how big and