RE: Dare to LOVE Yourself!
if we cultivate love for ourselves, acceptance, and care, that will be reflected in peace and joy.
This is absolutely true!!!! A lesson I sheepishly admit that I forget often... putting myself down etc. but self-talk is something I do on the regular too, as to try and change that haha!!
For example, I really like the freedom of being yourself, with all those sides that may seem "imperfect", but thanks to the whole, we are what we are.
I could not agree more!!! For me personally, I have always been more naturally drawn to slightly off-centre individuals and you will normally find them to be absolutely fascinating characters because they have endured a lot in life!
"When you look in the mirror, tell yourself how beautiful you are." And I mention it to you, because although it may seem superficial, it is necessary to reaffirm ourselves every day...
Oh no! I definitely don't see that as being superficial... not at all. The mind will believe anything you tell it often enough, so the expression "fake it until you make it" could be applied here. One thing most of us do not think in our deep hearts - is that we are beautiful... and its so very wrong. We are ALL beautiful - not by societies standards... but rather soul standards :)
This is very real, because what we put in our minds are the filters with which we are going to interpret reality...
And it is true that we are all beautiful, we are wonderful creatures. That's why it's never too much or too much to love each other. Dare, as you have said, until it becomes natural :-)
What sometimes we don't know is how to love ourselves? or what we can do to love each other, since love is a verb, there are things we can do and that is where I think most of us get lost hehe
Pretty much! And sadly so. We are not really taught any healthy forms of self love growing up. Would be nice to see that beginning to shift.