Self-love
Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology. It’s the audacity to face the demands of this world and proclaim, We will not be owned.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
We are working on self-love as a bedrock. But really nice thing about self-love is that it is contagious. Once you have self-love, you can also love and appreciate others more deeply and fully. Once you love yourself fully, you will be able to improve.
Society also doesn’t appreciate your complexity. Why can’t you just be a simple prototype with desirable skills so that we know where to put you? We are a superficial society and complexity is way above most peoples’ heads. If you are an extrovert with deep emotional needs and who sometimes cry inexplicably, that’s way too much to handle. If you ha
... See moreThere are aspects of ourselves that are easy to love and these are the ones that society glorifies. If you are a natural leader, go-getter, eloquent, you probably already like those parts of yourself because you were praised for them time and again. But if you are sensitive, intensive, flaky, crazy compassionate, slow to adapt, you’ve probably alre
... See moreWhen we see ourselves, really deeply see ourselves with our strengths, weaknesses, quirks, desires, contradictions, complexities, uniqueness we won’t be able to help but stand in awe with this little piece of the universe that is us examining itself, we won’t be able to help but fall in love with ourselves. Madly.
Just look at my life path! Why, oh why, have I always been so harsh with myself? Why was I always beating myself up? Why was I always forsaking myself? Why did I never stand up for myself and show the world the beauty of my own soul? Why was I always suppressing my own intelligence and creativity to please others? I betrayed myself every time I sai
... See moreAnita Moorjani • Dying to Be Me
Because our tendency is to focus on our inadequacies rather than appreciate our strengths, we often have a skewed perspective of who we are.