Unconditionally Love Yourself

When was the last time you paused and showed appreciation for yourself? How often do you repeat it? We live in a society where we have been taught to care and do things for others. It is not not at all wrong to think as a community and build the society but the question is are we loosing ourselves in the process to serve others?

Social media has been giving all types of repetitive advice to practice self love during this pandemic which is going worldwide. Most of the people perhaps must be doing it now. In case someone doesn’t then hopefully these post might be helpful which is a short gist my views on loving yourself.

Is Self Love being to be selfish and turning into a narcissist ?

No! Self love doesn’t mean you have to look into mirror and praise your beauty. If someone does it then they are turning a narcissist and not thinking about anyone else. Self love is acknowledging one’s needs and prioritizing them over others. The art of self love is to be aware of the environment and being humble with one’s actions. Staying grounded is the extra factor which can totally change one’s attitude towards being selfish or simply having high standards. It is essential to know the difference between self love and narcissist. If ones gut feeling says something has a harmful outcome then it’s not self love.

Self Love is a form of:

• Having self discipline will develop a sense of accomplishment or happiness. Managing our mind the way we think reflects to how we feel and how we behave.
• Practicing self care towards all three -body, mind and soul without neglecting or harming any of them.
• Empowering self worth will result in self esteem in a long run.
• Developing self awareness will help to overcome from danger or repetitive life problem cycle
• Boosting self confidence talking to yourself. Self affirmations can include:
  • I am worthy, you can do this
  • I am the strongest warrior
  • I deserve happiness
  • I am whole and complete
  • I am an amazing person
  • I celebrate my individuality
  • Positivity is a choice.

According to me some of the basic rules to love yourself unconditionally are as follows (in no specific importance or order):

1. Embracing and maintaining your individuality
2. Building your happy place
3. Stop worrying what will others think
4. Filtering your circle / environment with good vibes
5. Learning to let go and forgive people from the past
6. Knowing the type of music which uplifts your mood
7. Saying NO to tasks / people / results which don’t make you happy-
8. Finding ME time on daily basis even if its ten minutes
9. Be kind to yourself
10. Self talk and reflecting your day with actions

I am sure there are plenty little things in our daily routine which we can add in this list towards unconditionally loving yourself.

More in my next post! Keep smiling and spreading the positive vibes 🙂

“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.” 

Paulo Coelho