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Loving Yourself by Louise Hay

I’ve never met anyone who truly loves themselves who is unhappy.

Why is this rule so important?

If you love yourself, you will be happy and excited about your life, making you a fun person to be around.

If you love yourself, you will be extremely secure and confident in whom you are and your ability to deal with what the world throws at you.

If you love yourself, you won’t let the inevitable rejection bring you down.  You’ll learn and move on.

If you love yourself, you will believe that you deserve happy, fulfilling relationships.

It breeds confidence, security, happiness, and self respect.  It gives you the capacity to love others.  It allows you to share who you are with the world, to freely express yourself, and to give to others because you are no longer worried about what’s in it for you.

You no longer fear rejection because you don’t let the acceptance of others affect whether or not you accept yourself.

Learn to cultivate a love for yourself, for who you are.

How do you do it?

I’m sure this makes sense to you, but you’re probably wondering how to accomplish it.  How can you rid yourself of insecurity and become your own biggest fan?

Well, it’s not easy and it will take work…and even then, self doubt will always be lurking nearby waiting to thwart your confidence. You see, nobody ever completely rids themselves of feelings of fear and insecurity, but those who believe in themselves and practice building self confidence, are able to push through these feelings and prove their self worth.

Self love boils down to 2 key steps: 

1) Knowing who you want to be and

2) Living in a way that is consistent with whom you want to be.

Challenge

I’d like to leave you with some action steps to take TODAY, to start developing a deep self love that will make you more successful in life.

1. Accept the things about yourself that you can’t change.  Nobody is perfect.  Everybody has things about themselves that they wish were different.  Luckily, we have control over a lot in our lives and can often turn lemons into lemonade. However, there are some things that we can’t change.  The first key to loving who you are is accepting that which you cannot change.

2. Develop a realistic self image of the person that you want to be in life.   Things like your goals, values, strengths, etc.  What I really want you to think about and work on are the image you have of yourself when you close your eyes and think about who you are.  How do you describe yourself?  Your personality….your looks….your strengths….how do you handle various situations in life…what are your hobbies and interests…..what are your habits… Be able to answer these questions.

3. Come up with a list of actions that you need to do on a regular basis to support your ideal self image.   If part of your self-image is that you want to be strong, one of your actions should be to go to the gym or to learn more about what it takes to be strong.  If part of your self-image is that you want to be a leader, find ways that you can step up and lead something or learn more about becoming a leader.  If you want to influence others, an action might be that you need to start expressing your ideas to others.  Whatever traits you want to exhibit, make a list of actions that support these traits.

4. Remind yourself everyday of your ideal self image and then get out there and actually DO things that support that self image.  Be the person you want to be. Over time, if you believe in that image of yourself and do things to support it, you will become that person, that ideal version of yourself.

Once you do these things and start living a life that you are proud of, you will develop strong self love.