Our society has conditioned us to believe that outrightly expressing that we love ourselves equates to being self-absorbed and self-centred. If I were to ask you to list all the things you love, how long will it take to mention yourself?? For many people, it is easier and more comfortable to pick what we do not love about ourselves than it is to pick things we love. So, for me to realise and acknowledge my awesomeness, as well as make the process easier, I keep a love journal by my bedside. I write three things I love about myself every night before bedtime. At first it was a struggle but now it flows easily and more comfortably.
It is important and necessary to know ourselves, Our true selves. Not in an arrogant way, but simply in a self-respecting way. I was raised with the idea that I must always put myself last in order to elevate other people. I grew up to be selfless in all aspects that I oftentimes I projected, and did what I believed was expected of me, and in the process neglect myself and my true wants and desires. Thanks to years of unlearning, I unlearnt that belief, because I am too awesome not to ever compliment myself. If you know me personally or follow me on social media, you know that almost all my captions are about loving and complimenting myself. I am the girl I really know I am. Coupled with the fact that I am a Virgo (if you know, you know).
Over the years I have learnt that self-love is loving yourself and make your wellbeing a priority so that you can show up as a better version of yourself and serve others in a better capacity. Learning how to be authentically friends with yourself is a core part of cultivating this self-love. This involves being open to getting to know yourself, spending time with yourself, sitting with yourself and being with yourself, and in doing so healing the relationship with yourself. We heal our relationship with our whole life, our emotions, our body, our finances, our careers, our relationship with others so that we can live with ease, vitality, and joy.
In an attempt to assist people to think deeply about how, why and what they love about themselves, here are the 20 things I love myself;
I love that I love GOD so much.
I love that I have a precious human life.
The closeness I experience with my family including all my dogs, all 5 of them.
My self-awareness, I make it a point of being actively aware of behaviours that are destructive and unhelpful to me.
My desire for knowledge, I want to know things, tv plot lines, politics, song lyrics, everything.
I love speaking with a lisp.
I love that I am a work in progress.
I love that I am down to earth, a girly girl but can get dirty with the best of them.
I love that I am healing through writing.
My ability to make people laugh.
The fact that I will not settle for less than I deserve when it comes to dating.
I am genuinely a nice person.
I love that maturity has made me more accepting of who I am.
I enjoy my own company; I do not depend on others to have a good time.
I am brave, I am never afraid to go outside my comfort zone and try new things.
I appreciate little things in life, smell of coffee, walk with my dogs, I love you’s from my daughter, kisses from my God child, long conversations with my partner and seeing my near and dear ones happy.
My kindness – I try to do for others as much as possible.
I love that I am adventurous.
My commitment to my life purpose.
I love that I can find happiness in every situation…
I can go on and on about the things I love about myself but now I want to hear from you. What are the things you love about yourself? comment on the comment section below!
Yours Truly
The Hot Guru
Namaste