For me, self-love is mostly tied to three components - peace, forgiveness, and acceptance. There is a profound sense of inner peace that never really changes because I am true to myself, my core values, my feelings. I forgive myself for my shortcomings as long as I am trying to learn from them and still become a better human being. I accept (and hope) that I am never going to be the best version of myself because I am always trying to improve. Loving myself changes nothing about how I feel about the world or how deep my insecurities run, but it does change how much bullshit and abuse I'm willing to take before I torch someone's access to me and hightail it out of a terrible situation. Loving myself means having the courage and motivation to stand up for myself, which often means I love others less (as in I love fewer people - I know how easily my heart is bruised and I love myself enough to protect myself without changing who I am at my core). It's hard to separate from pride and indignation/righteousness; all I will say on it is that really loving myself means that I think I am worth being loved, that I am worth protecting and caring for, even if I have to do all the work alone. Doing that work has meant that I am much more appreciative of others who put in similar effort; the people who I love, I love more.
OMG I have been looking for this and you are onto something.. Can you do a series of how you use self love on an average day over a series of days. You gave excellent examples , this was so fast spoken. If you would just do one each day that would be helpful to so many. Thank you .
Cannot believe how beautifully and succinctly you were able to sum that up! I've never really considered before what self-love felt like. But now that you've put these thoughts out there, I totally get it.
How can we love ourselves when we don't know who we really are, though? When we have been deeply conditioned by family, friends and peers through what's called our 'open centres' in Human Design? This is somehing I have studied over many years and it changed my life, for the better, along with the relationships wih my kidz. I have learned to love my paricular 'wiring', the intrinsic essence that is 'me' and how I'm supposd to operate in this world and especially how to make decisions which is never, never with your mind. Learning to love ourselves is key indeed... Good luck, Andrea, on the very challenging road that lies ahead... Love you ❤
For me, self-love is mostly tied to three components - peace, forgiveness, and acceptance. There is a profound sense of inner peace that never really changes because I am true to myself, my core values, my feelings. I forgive myself for my shortcomings as long as I am trying to learn from them and still become a better human being. I accept (and hope) that I am never going to be the best version of myself because I am always trying to improve.
Loving myself changes nothing about how I feel about the world or how deep my insecurities run, but it does change how much bullshit and abuse I'm willing to take before I torch someone's access to me and hightail it out of a terrible situation. Loving myself means having the courage and motivation to stand up for myself, which often means I love others less (as in I love fewer people - I know how easily my heart is bruised and I love myself enough to protect myself without changing who I am at my core). It's hard to separate from pride and indignation/righteousness; all I will say on it is that really loving myself means that I think I am worth being loved, that I am worth protecting and caring for, even if I have to do all the work alone. Doing that work has meant that I am much more appreciative of others who put in similar effort; the people who I love, I love more.
Awesome response.
OMG I have been looking for this and you are onto something.. Can you do a series of how you use self love on an average day over a series of days. You gave excellent examples , this was so fast spoken. If you would just do one each day that would be helpful to so many. Thank you .
This is a great explanation of self love
Cannot believe how beautifully and succinctly you were able to sum that up! I've never really considered before what self-love felt like. But now that you've put these thoughts out there, I totally get it.
How can we love ourselves when we don't know who we really are, though? When we have been deeply conditioned by family, friends and peers through what's called our 'open centres' in Human Design? This is somehing I have studied over many years and it changed my life, for the better, along with the relationships wih my kidz. I have learned to love my paricular 'wiring', the intrinsic essence that is 'me' and how I'm supposd to operate in this world and especially how to make decisions which is never, never with your mind. Learning to love ourselves is key indeed... Good luck, Andrea, on the very challenging road that lies ahead... Love you ❤
I love you all
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