Mindset
what is a mind set?June 2, 2022
Why is self-love important?
I know it has been a few weeks, but a lot has happened in my life and I have had to do a lot of thinking about myself and some changes for me and my family. But I’m so excited to keep sharing with you about self-love because I feel that it can make a difference in your life and I want to be a part of it.
I have been reading some things and here are some of my thoughts this week:
Loving yourself and narcissism, or selfishness, are absolutely different things. Love is all about giving and if you can give enough care, attention, and sympathy to yourself, most probably you can give it to others as well.
A few good reason to think about why Self-love is important:
It gives you confidence and approval
You will avoid self-reproach
When you love yourself, you look better.
When you love yourself, the world around you changes.
I know you have heard that we cannot love others if we cannot love ourselves. Love flourishes when we give it to other people, but love always starts with “me.”
We are the only ones responsible for our life, choices, and deeds so we just have no right to be neglectful of ourselves. However, I’ve never thought about why it’s so important to love myself even though I completely agree with the statement. ‘When you love who you are, you accept who you are”.
Indeed, I know perfectly well all my positive and negative sides and I accept them. It doesn’t mean I’m satisfied with all my traits. Loving yourself doesn’t mean that you should stop improving yourself.
When you accept who you are, you feel no need to counterfeit someone or compare yourself to others. And this is the most powerful and inspiring feeling ever.
Self-love can make you a better person. It improves your physical and emotional state. Give it a try and you’ll see that you attract more good people and circumstances into your life.
“Here”s a quote I found that I like, I want to share it with you. By Louise L. Hayiracle
Love is the great miracle cure, Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
Would you please take time this week and think about your self-love towards you, and comment on anything you would like to share?
When I was younger, I was confused about self-love. I thought it was being conceited.
But then in high school it hit me – we have to love ourselves because everyone is worried about what other people think of us. Everyone was worried about going to school and fitting in. I didn’t realize how true that was until I got older and talked to friends. We were all insecure in high school, no matter what our status appeared to be.
Back then I realized that I needed to take care of myself and like “me” if I expected others to like me. I needed to be happy with who I was – because a happy person connects easier with others.
And, if we are not self-absorbed with our own circumstances – even in the act of loving ourselves, we are more open to accepting and being accepted.
Then sometime in my mid-forties, I just decided that I can be of better service, a better friend, a better mom, if I simply do not worry about what others think. Because as long as I like the person I am – and be true to myself, all will be fine.
I hope that all makes sense.
Thank you for your comment! I love how you put a “happy person connects easier with others”, if we are happy with our self and how we are doing, and not how others see us, we will be all right. You are great example of service I’m a better person because of you you truly love others it shows in the way you serve. I love you
You are an amazing example of loving other people and giving to others!! I agree that it is easier to help and serve people you like. I definitely need to work on loving myself more so that I can do good things for myself! Thanks for this message!!
Thank you sweet heart! you are amazing loving mother, wife and daughter, I hope you can do things to help you love yourself you are beautiful and you need to show kindness to yourself, no more negative talk about you to yourself. Do things for yourself that makes you happy. I love you!
This is so true. You can think of it this way. If you have two acquaintances – One you like a lot and the other you don’t like very much. You are more likely to do things for the person you like. The same is true for yourself – you are more likely to do something for yourself if you love yourself.
Thank you so for your comment! I love how you shared about two acquaintances.