The Power of Self-Love

Love yourself

Self-love is the quiet yet powerful energy that transforms your life. It starts with self-compassion, self-respect, and self-care. Your own love can heal your heart. You don't need to wait for anyone to come along and "fix" you. That might never happen. But you have yourself right now, in this moment. That is more than enough. You are worthy of love, and you are more than enough.

When you love yourself, your energy begins to shift. Nothing can break you because you know your own worth and what you deserve. I learned about having self-compassion through my therapist, Johanna. I would frequently complain to her about the world being cruel and no one having compassion towards me. What I understood from her response to that was, that if the world is so cruel, why should I be cruel to myself too? I was stunned, because I never thought of it that way. It's all about shifting from a woe-is-me mentality to a mindset focused on growth and motivation to be better than your past self, every day.

Another facet of self-love is self-respect. If you want others to respect you, you have to start by respecting yourself. What do you expect from others? If it's love and adoration, do you show yourself that kind of treatment as well? You have to treat yourself the way you want to be treated first, and the world will follow. If they don't, who cares? Who cares about what other people who don't care about you think? Other people's opinions of you don't matter. But at one point, I felt like they did matter. A therapist helped me see that the only people I should care about, are the people who care about me too, and myself. That's when I shifted my focus to caring only about the people who care about me, and that made my world feel so much brighter and full of love and joy.

Self-care is about putting your needs first. How can you help others when you can't even help yourself? You'll end up draining your energy and get burnt out quickly. Put your needs first, and it will be much easier to take care of others who rely on you. When you are mentally and emotionally strong, you can conquer anything. Nurture your mind, nourish your body, and soothe your soul. Spoil yourself if you want to. Overdo it if you want to. It's up to you! If you consider yourself a caring person, ask yourself, do I care about myself as much as (or more than) I care about others? If the answer is yes, then you're on the right track.

It's difficult to write about this kind of stuff. But I still do it in hopes of sharing the lessons I've learned, with others. I understand that everyone's life experience is different. But we are all human, after all. And after our most basic needs are met, we should focus on self-love. Being able to rely and depend on yourself is a wonderful thing, but it is also a skill for survival and thriving.

I previously wrote about how in order to be abundant, we must be stable first. That's kind of the same thing here. If you want to be abundant in love, start with yourself. Fall in love with yourself first, and then the world will seem more loving towards you. The Universe rewards the energy you put out there with more of that same energy. So put yourself in the frequency of love and expect more of it.

Remember this: You are worthy of love, and you are more than enough.

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