Loving Who I Am

The other morning in my pause time, I received WISDOM that I have heard before, but have not been ready, willing, or able to digest my entire life.

LOVE MY TRUE SELF. LOVE WHO I AM TRULY IN LOVE.

Have you ever wondered why loving ourselves can be such a challenge? We hear these words:

Love yourself
Take care of yourself
You better take care of yourself because no one else will.
Love others
You’re worth it

WHY DO WE FIND IT SO DIFFICULT TO LOVE OURSELVES?

WHAT DOES LOVING MYSELF EVEN MEAN?

I don’t know about you, but I have struggled with loving myself my entire life.
I wasn’t taught to love myself.
Rather I learned:
don’t let anyone walk all over you
stand up for yourself
speak up
don’t say anything
just ignore them
killem’ with kindness (that’s really out there!)
pretend it doesn’t bother you
don’t let it bother you
just be nice
be a good girl
don’t give them the satisfaction
add your own to the list

WHAT A MESS!

One can move towards accepting and experiencing the following instead:

There IS a LOVE that loves me,

and it is because of this LOVE who loves me that;

> Firstly, I am able to recognize that LOVE exists

> Secondly, I am able to love and accept who I am in LOVE; and

> Thirdly, I am prepared to love myself and love you.

THERE ARE TWO EGO PRACTICES, WHICH MANY OF US HAVE
BEEN SO INDOCTRINATED IN, THAT PREVENT US FROM
EXPERIENCING LOVE and BEING LOVING?

False humility

Fake forgiveness

Over the next few days, I will share more about each of these.

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