How Do I Love Me, Let Me Count The Ways…

You can only love someone else fully if you first truly love yourself.

Do you love yourself?

I don’t mean being self-absorbed or arrogant, but that state where you have compassion and appreciation for who you are, for both your strengths and weaknesses.

Self-love is something that most of us are never really taught. It wasn’t our parents fault, because they were not taught their own value either.

Throughout time there have always been events that result in a focus on survival, rather than on love and appreciation.

We can learn to tune into ourselves, to who we really are in spite of how far away we feel from that goal today.

[box type=”success” align=”alignleft” ]We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light. ~Mary Dunbar[/box]

The greatest relationship anyone can develop is the one with self. You just need to decide that it is the most important thing in your life, and begin to take action to change the way you think about yourself.

You can begin by making a list of your positive traits. What are you good at? What accomplishments have you achieved? Are you artistic? Are you funny?

Write down what you don’t like about yourself too, on a different page. What do you struggle with?

Realize that you are human, that no one is perfect, that  regardless of any imperfections you deserve to love yourself and to grow and evolve.

Do this exercise regularly – you may find your lists beginning to change.

Practice forgiving yourself for things you may have done in the past – your power is in the NOW, and you don’t have to carry the past around with you.

Be good to yourself, take care of your needs with healthy activities. Eat well, move around more, go out with friends that treat you well.

Practice mindfulness to get in touch with what you are thinking, how you are feeling.

[box type=”success” align=”alignleft” ]Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson[/box]

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