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Love Yourself. It's the Smartest Thing You Can Do
What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about loving yourself? Is it some version of, "What? Love myself? That's the last thing I would consider doing."
It's possible that loving yourself is a very foreign idea to you. It's possible loving yourself is the opposite of what you think you should do. Most of the people in the world are doing the exact opposite. They are hating themselves. If hate is too strong a word for you, let's say they sure don't like themselves.
You've done this or that. You haven't done this or that. Your mind will list out all the reasons not to love yourself. Let's take money. If only you would have made this move or that move. If only you wouldn't have made this or that move. Coulda, shoulda, woulda. That's the business your mind is in.
Let's take your body, your health. Your mind says, "Look in that mirror. There isn't anything there to love. Look, your mind says. You've let yourself go. Look at those wrinkles. Look at those rolls. Look at what you have done to yourself," says your mind.
Let's take relationships. "My, oh my. How you've screwed up your relationships," says your mind. The wrong thing always seems to come out of your mouth at the wrong time and then a blow up happens. "There sure isn't anything to love about that," says your mind.
Instead of loving yourself, your mind has convinced you to criticize yourself. Your mind has convinced you to berate yourself. Your mind tells you to look for what's wrong in your life. Your mind has you convinced that somehow beating yourself up does something for you. Your mind has you convinced that beating yourself up is somehow going to make up for all the things your mind tells you that you've have done wrong.
You have been listening to your mind for quite a long time, haven't you? Your mind has been giving you advice that's taken you down, down, down. Ask yourself. How has all that beating yourself up has helped you?
How has it solved your money and financial issues? How has it helped you solve your health or body issues? How has it helped you repair your relationships? How has it made your happier? Of course, it has not. The answer is to love yourself. Be kind to yourself. Speak kindly to yourself. Think kindly toward yourself. Start out by just liking yourself a little bit. Do it in spite of what your mind says. Do it in spite of all the reasons your mind gives you not to do it. Like yourself a little bit. Like yourself a little bit more. Like yourself a little bit more and then you find you can even love yourself. Love yourself and your world changes. Your money situation changes. Your health changes. Your body doesn't look so bad after all. Your relationships seem to magically resolve themselves. It all happens when you start doing the opposite of what you have been doing. It all happens when you start loving yourself.
Why not give it a try?
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