A glad heart makes a happy face; a broken heart crushes the spirit. prov.15:13
Many people (including me) speak
about “self-love”: figure yourself out, love yourself before you get into a
relationship… and so it goes. People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be!
However, you only truly obtain
self-love by having compassion for the self, so you can appreciate and do
considerate deeds for others. You attract how you see life.
Along my path to learn about myself
and work on my own self-love, I discovered several major truths that still
resonate with me and support my personal effort.
I am a constant work in progress, as
most of us are. To help you gain more perspective and have a foundation on
which to begin your journey of self-love, it's time to start loving and liking you. Never let anyone make you feel less than you.
Here are 20 truths to always remember:
1. Stop comparing yourself to others. People achieve
success and fail at different rates.
2. Let go of the past. Forgive the
people who hurt you so that YOU can move on. Carrying around anger only poisons
you.
3. Call your friends and family more
often; don’t just follow them on social media. Remember when we used to have to
call or meet up with people to hear their voices? That experience is so much
richer.
4. Resolve the issues you might have
with your family. Tell them you love them. Show up to family events and don’t
have something better to do.
5. Be active. Exercising regularly releases endorphin's and contributes to your level of happiness and will help you feel better about
yourself.
6. Laugh at yourself. If you trip over
your feet or realize your shirt is on inside out, don’t worry about it and make
it a joke.
7. Read that book you've been meaning
to read. In fact, read as many books as possible. Reading expands the
imagination and sharpens the mind.
8. Find something at which you excel.
Maybe you are really amazing at working with kids and you just don’t know it
yet.
9. Exercise because it is good for your
soul and not solely for your outward experience. Appreciate your body and
all the things it can do. Stop picking it apart — you will never achieve
perfection.
10. Reunite with old friends from high
school, college and your past in general. Let go of friendships that no longer
serve you. People grow apart; it’s natural and it’s okay.
11. Watch that movie or that Netflix series you've been
meaning to see.
12. Dance. Freak Dance. Weird Dance. Make up a dance
routine with your friends. Stop caring about what you look
like. Have fun.
13. Smile more. The more you smile, the
happier you will feel. It makes others happier too — trust me.
14. Do favors and don’t expect anything
in return from the kindness in your heart.
15. Guard your heart, but be open. Don’t
let people take advantage of you.
16. Be less judgmental. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is
fighting a hard battle.”
17. You will never be able to please
everyone. Not everyone will like you. You won’t like everyone you meet. That’s
perfectly fine also.
18. Care about your appearance — not in
a vain, superficial way. Care about how you look, so you can feel great when
you leave the house. But, if you feel like wearing sweatpants and hair roller on your
hair to the grocery store once in a while, do it.
19. Save up money and travel somewhere
new. Spoil yourself on a vacation.
20. Take vitamins because you want to be
the healthiest version of yourself. Unless you want to be cranky and lethargic
all day, make sure you get enough iron.
Love yourself. Enjoy the live you
have been given, and embrace each day with open arms as the best version of
you.
Always remember this quote by
Buddha:
“You, yourself, as much as anybody
in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
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