"Don't meditate to fix yourself, to improve yourself, to redeem yourself; rather do it as an act of love, of deep warm friendship to yourself. 
In this way there is no longer any need for the subtle aggression of self-improvement, for the endless guilt of not doing enough. 
It offers the possibility of an end to the ceaseless round of trying so hard that wraps so many people's lives up in a knot. 
Instead there is now meditation as an act of love."
 
Bob Sharples