"Worry about loving yourself instead of loving the idea of other people loving you."
~Unknown
I spent most of my life trying to make myself worthy of love.
I showered those around me with as much love as I could muster, hoping beyond hope that they might love me back. And if they didn't, I never blamed them. After all, why would they love me and all the imperfection I knew lived inside of me? I felt helpless to change any of it and carried it with me like a red badge of rejection.
Today, I am living a completely different existence.
It's one that is based upon acceptance of myself and recognition of the power and responsibility I have over caring for me. I no longer rely on others to prove to me I am worth loving. I now base my understanding on the way I treat me. I sustain the person who is giving it all she has to be a good and kind human. A healthy human, inside and out.
So I want to encourage you today to wrap your arms around you before you do it to someone else.
Give yourself a good long squeeze and breathe into the embrace. It will not only make you feel fantastic, but it will make the next hug you give to another soul even more purposeful. It demonstrates to you that you are worthy of the love you receive and shows those you love that you have a healthy and robust place to love them from.
Loving yourself is the beginning of being able to truly love others.
Give it a try.
Be true to you.
Be Yours.
Cheers.
