Gotta Love Yourself

A full disclosure: I know a little about a lot and enjoying the ride...

Where does all the magic start? It starts inside us where our true self resides. Our true self is who we are and knows our life purpose and is perfect in every way. It's the feeling we get when it's all in harmony and flowing well and confirmation we are on course! Our thoughts, our feelings, our behaviors, our actions and outcomes and all in the flow and it's magical.

The bottom line is that we need to truly love ourselves unconditionally. The feeling you may have for others that you truly love another unconditionally is the absolute feeling to have for ourselves. I suspect most people on the planet may not feel this way because we've been conditioned not to truly love ourselves since it sounds conceited or selfish or whatever. Loving ourselves does not mean we are better than another or love of ego but rather love of self and its perfection. There are many books, courses, etc on this exact subject and it's so true that this is where the magic starts! It's starts with ourselves. Looking outside towards other people, money, career to fill our inside with love is going to create temporary feelings of bliss but if the love for yourself is not there, that funky emptiness feeling will keep returning. And then we look outward again to fill the void and here comes the temporary relief followed by the funky feeling and the cycle continues. When we stop the cycle and spend our energy on ourselves and the love of ourselves, things really change because now we can sow our garden with pure unconditional love for ourselves to plant these seeds of love free of weeds and let the seeds grow into beautiful flowers of love which then attract the bees and love from others. Where we spend our energy, grows.

Taking the time to REALLY love yourself ain't easy for many because it forces us to look inside us and deal with issues we may have buried for years and years. Many of us are taught to bury those feelings when it actuality they can be covered but they return again and again and again. The problem with burying this stuff creates blocks in our energy and can lead to illness. Those feelings of resentments, rejections, fears, insecurities, etc need to be felt and released and that is not always easy but my goodness, it's so liberating!! It's the ticket to freedom, good health and true love of self.

Mirror work really confronts the issue and definitely feels odd at first. Going to a mirror and saying you love yourself unconditionally feels weird but it will tell you if you really love yourself. You are looking at your soul and your true self. If it's odd or untrue, then you probably don't love yourself. Taking the time everyday just to see yourself and admire who you are in your perfection leads to such wonderful feelings of pure love, security, freedom.

Freeing all these untrue beliefs about yourself and eliminating our negative self talk will lead to your true self. That self of truth, love, happiness and joy. We were born perfect and conditioned to think we are not perfect when in actuality we are all perfect and this is denied to no one.

True love of self is the building block of life and is aligned with our life purpose and goals. Once it's there, it opens a whole new reality and seeing all the miracles and magic life has to offer.