Fear and Self-Loathing

We were enjoying breakfast at the Bagelry this morning (cream cheese, lox, onion, tomatoes, capers on a plain bagel for me) when I spotted this cry for help scrawled on the side of a newspaper vending machine. 

A critical inner voice is a component most of us carry in varying degrees. How to calm and confront this inner critic and end the cycles of guilt and self-imposed limitations before they get out of control takes a lot of work, to say the least. 

I carried this image in my mind for much of the day, and I hope whoever scrawled these words will soon find peace, comfort, acceptance and support to work this through.