The Importance of Self- Love

The Importance of Self- Love

Let’s talk a little bit bout self- love, shall we? Self- love, according to yourdictionary.com is “the belief you hold that you are a valuable and worthy person.” Today, for many people whether you’re 13, 30, or 93, its hard to accept yourself due to all the pressure society has placed upon us all. Society has everyone believing that we have to look a certain way, or act a certain way in order to be happy or accepted. Do you want to know a secret? None of what society has told you is true. The trick to all this is what i will share with you today, And all of those things come from- you guessed it. Self- love.

Do you ever catch yourself doing something “weird” or “strange” in front of a group of people? Do they typically respond with a critical remark such as “uh, what are you doing? you are so different..”. How does that make you feel? Small? Embarrassed? Maybe even a bit “weird”? Well, i say it’s time for you to learn a little lesson. IT IS OKAY TO BE DIFFERENT! My friend, no one is the same. We all have our different likes and dislikes. Just because you seem to be the only person interested in certain odd things, that doesn’t make you “weird” it simply means you are unique. Before you can fully love yourself you need to realize how extraordinarily unique you are. There is NO ONE else on this earth who is the exact same as you. Do you know why? Because you are unique. You are the only you there will ever be. Accept your uniqueness. Embrace your oddities. Just be yourself because you are wonderful.

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Now that we have discussed accepting your oddities, lets take this whole acceptance thing a little bit deeper. But before you can fully accept yourself you need to remove any and all negative beliefs you have towards yourself. Many times we let other people dictate our reflections of ourselves. A friend may say something negative about your outfit that you think is totally bomb. Maybe you painted a picture that you worked really hard on and you are super proud of and someone tells you that you could have done better. Sooner or later you will start to believe all these negative things people are telling you and you will start looking at yourself as something less than what you actually are. There will always be people who will try to put you down, but you can’t let them. 

when someone says something negative towards you rather than take his/her words personally, recognize that he/she is just offering a point of view. Granted it isn’t their right to judge you, but you have to stay positive. If the same person/people is continually throwing negative comments your way, you need to separate yourself immediately! You need to hang around people who will love and encourage you no matter what. So remove the negative thoughts. “How do you do that?” you might ask. Well we all obviously make mistakes, but you cannot dwell in them! Admit you messed up and move on! It will definitely be hard trying to love yourself when all you do is put yourself down. So think positively my friend.

So those are just a few tips on how to work toward loving yourself. We all struggle with in now and then but please try to stay strong. i know things get hard and you get into slumps where all you do is mope around but that is no way to live! keep the positive vibes, and remember YOU ARE LOVED.