Self-love
In this way, I've learned that loving yourself requires a courage unlike any other. It requires us to believe in and stay loyal to something no one else can see that keeps us in the world—our own self-worth.
Mark Nepo • The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Before I worked with the therapist, I never really heard from anyone that I am valuable just the way I am, just because I exist. I probably heard something like that in spiritual circles and thought: ‘yeah, yeah, whatever’. It never felt true, especially in the world of capitalism, academia, relentless competition in which we have to prove our wort
... See moreSociety 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 moreWe 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.
“If you can think of times in your life that you’ve treated people with extraordinary decency and love, and pure uninterested concern, just because they were valuable as human beings. The ability to do that with ourselves. To treat ourselves the way we could treat a really good, precious friend. Or a tiny child of ours that we absolutely love more ... See more
Rosie Spinks • Tuesday night dinner
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
There 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 moreAccording to the Buddha, “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” How few of us embrace ourselves in this way! With metta pr
... See moreSharon Salzberg • Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Classics)
