Self Love

I have been undertaking a project to help people in my life love themselves.

I usually feel pretty self sure that I love myself. I do look in the mirror sometimes and think, yeah that’s great (without makeup as well!).

I’ve been trying to eliminate the self defeating sentences. Saying ‘I can’t do it’ or ‘I will never succeed’. But also having them look into the mirror and say that I love you.

It’s pretty hard. You have to look yourself in the mirror, whatever you see, and tell that face that you love them. Trying to rewrite doubt, self hate, and guilt. It’s hard to look myself in the eye sometimes, but then on top of that you have to say I love you, even if you don’t truly feel it at that moment.

But by saying it every so often, every day, you start to believe it. And if you combine it with a small list of the things you like about yourself I have no doubt it will help.

It hasn’t been a long project, but it is my project.

For them and myself, because even if I know I love myself, what’s the harm in more love?

I challenge you to try it, every one of you. Maybe you’ll learn something. It has been especially rewarding for me to tell myself I love me, but also to watch other people love themselves. It makes me happy when people love themselves, when they recognize the good and beautiful in what I see and embrace it.

We all need love.