Today's Topic - Loving Yourself

Does it sound arrogant to say I love myself more than anyone else in the world and I take care of myself first because when I'm good, everything around me is good.  Maybe it does, but we get what we give and if we are giving less love to ourselves we are settling for less love from others.

Retraining our minds to say positive things to ourselves takes practice and discipline especially if we've been caught up in negative thinking of ourselves. I went through a phase where I was trying to pass my Real Estate test and kept failing. I found myself calling myself stupid and a piece of shit, I had those thoughts long enough that I literally got physically sick.

We don't realize the power of the words we say to ourselves, but powerful they are. Do whatever it takes to learn to love yourself and speak highly of yourself. If we don't speak highly of ourselves, how can we expect others to speak highly of us?

We are human and we are not perfect. We make mistakes and hopefully we learn from them. Beating ourselves to a pulp doesn't erase the mistake, forgiving ourselves reminds us to be gentle with ourselves.

Love yourself as much as you want to be loved. Practice, practice, practice.