I'm a very compassionate person. Especially when it comes to you.
I can conjure up compassion for you in an instant if you make a mistake, if you appear to need help, if you have a bad day. You can be frustrated and angry, bail on a commitment, forget to do something you promised to do.
You can be in dire pain, paralyzed, and unable to cope or show up. Regardless of your shortcomings or distresses on any given day, I'll pull out my most compassionate self to support you.
I don't always find that same level of compassion for myself. I have to work hard to remember and then to follow up on treating myself with as much compassion as I would easily find for others.
The best question I can always ask myself is "If this were someone you love, how would you practice compassion with them?" Then I remind myself that I, too, am worthy of that compassion, and I give it to myself. I may have to dig a little deeper, but I can find the same compassion for me as I have for you.