“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” —Rupi Kaur
When you hear the word – self-love – what instantly comes to your mind? 🤔
Ok, I’ll admit that when I initially heard about the practice of self-love I thought it just some cheesy topic , no wonder at that time i was having a hard time loving myself (but now I know better 🙂). I also thought it meant just self-care i.e. those activities we do to ‘spoil’ ourselves. 😄 e.g. treating oneself to nice outings, spa visit, vacay, etc. But my perspective about it has changed .🙂
I’ve learnt that self-love isn’t just self-care. In fact, according to psychologists, self-care is only 1 out of the 4 components of self-love. (I share about all 4 in this video).
Nonetheless, self-love is really very essential for our well being 👌; it doesn’t mean being selfish but loving yourself so much that you’ve got enough love to share with others . ☝️ Come to think about it, it’s hard to give what you don’t have ( right? 🤔) It’s like the typical oxygen mask situation on the plane where you’re instructed to put on your own mask before helping someone else put on theirs .
Back to self-love…
Here are some examples of self-love in action:
– accepting yourself even when others reject/turn you down hug 🫂
– loving yourself for who you are (forgetting about the accolades or failures) even when people are hating on you ❤️
– believing in your worth/value even when others don’t
– forgiving yourself even when someone else won’t 🙏
– being kind and compassionate to yourself even when others won’t 🤗
– owning your flaws, weaknesses even when other write you off coz of those 👌
– saying ‘no’ to certain things so you can say ‘yes’ to those things that matter most to you and your purpose 💯
Know yourself. Accept yourself. Love yourself. Value yourself. Appreciate yourself. Be yourself. “ – Franklin H. Ezenwa
It doesn’t mean being selfish but focusing on you first so you have the capacity and ability to extend that love to the world around you. ❤️😍
What are some ways you practice self-love? 🙂
To loving yourself!!