It’s all about “Self Love,” really!
Many years ago, I read somewhere that you can only love others as much as you love yourself. I didn’t want to believe it. I said no way. I fought it. For months.
But the thought wouldn’t leave me alone, something deep inside me said that it was absolutely true. And I hated it.
It seemed the Universe kept putting book after book, after video, after website in front of me that were all saying the same thing, self love was where it was at. The key to really loving others starts with increasing the love and acceptance I felt for myself.
Fine, challenge accepted!
I not only embraced the challenge, but have transformed my ability to accept and celebrate ALL OF ME, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Today this is how I feel about myself:
I love myself. Deeply. I adore myself, I crack myself up I’m happy to be with just me. I love connecting with other people with my genuine self because I feel my divinity and amazingness rising up and bubbling out all the time. I am a light and a joy. I am delightful, and I have amazing love to give.
I love the fact that I am brave enough to speak my mind, to show up and ask for what I want, and to be brave and bold and vulnerable and not afraid to be wrong. I love my insatiable expansive desire for knowledge, and to talk about it with others, who are also curious and open.
I am genuinely kind and happy and strive to treat others the way I want to be treated
Am I perfect? No way. That’s not even the point of my existence.
The point of my existence is to have experience. And I’m doing that.
I choose to be present for myself, and invite others around me to come along.
One day a few years ago now, I had a good friend give me the advice to be present for myself. She then shared the idea the the only real sin we commit is to betray ourselves.
That gave me pause. I turned that over in my mind and let it slide down into my heart. I decided to experiment with that for awhile, and you know what, 5 months later, it feels truer today than it did when I first heard it.
This means you have to make a concerted effort to understand your identity and LOVE YOURSELF.
You can’t give what you don’t have.
You can fake it for a while, but before long the absence of self-love becomes apparent ~in all your relationships.
I have given myself the gift of self-love.
And if it’s time for you to embark on that journey as well I have a tool belt full of techniques to support you.
Let me hold your hand while you explore your subconscious mind, examine your self thoughts and see if it’s time to reinterpret them with the truth about who you really are.
