My First and Last Love

 

          Day by day, I always ask myself “How self-love would change my whole life?” Everyday I always learn new things which lead me to love myself even more. What is self-love? Self-love is a state of appreciation for oneself that grows from actions that support our physical, psychological and spiritual growth. Self-love means having a high regard for your own well-being and happiness. Self-love means taking care of your own needs and not sacrificing your well-being to please others.


          Then those days taught me that, self-love means accepting yourself for who you are in this very moment for everything that you are. It means accepting your emotions for what they are and putting your physical, emotional and mental well-being first. Self-love taught me that loving myself is a must, it will protect me from hurting myself even more and it keeps my heart protected from any person that will take advantages of my weaknesses. I finally found myself exploring how beautiful, wonderful and magical is my life now. I finally have the courage to love my flaws and insecurities. I finally have the chance to know myself better and dig deeper on what are the things that I can do. I maybe still haunted by those nightmares but I always remind myself to move forward and enjoy where I am right now. Forget those bad memories and treasure the good ones. Loving myself means that putting myself as my top priority, always decide what’s best for myself, maybe some people might think that it is being selfish but these are opportunities to become the best version of myself. It also teaches me to go out from my comfort zone and be independent on my own. It may take a lot of time and courage to do it but it will be worth it in the end. Self-love also taught me to forgive myself from the past, from my mistakes, from the things that hurts me so badly. It also taught me that it is better to lose someone than to lose myself because I believe when someone leaves, there’s someone better is about to come. I’ve learned that I shouldn’t always listen to others opinion, instead listen to what your heart says and enjoy everything I love while I am still alive because as they say “You only live once”.  Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself. Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.

          Finally, to practice self-love, begin by treating yourself with kindness, patience, gentleness, and compassion, just like you'd someone else you care about.  Sometimes your soulmate is yourself. You have to be the love of your life, until you discover that type of love in someone else. Loving yourself is the first secret to happiness.  My first and last love is self-love.

RESOURCES:

·        Anne- Sophie Reinhardt (2020). “Love Yourself More with 22 Simple Questions” https://www.annesophie.us/self-love-questions/

·        Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D. (February 12, 2020). “Love and What It Means”. https://www.bbrfoundation.org/blog/self-love-and-what-it-means

·        OLYINKA (February 4, 2021).  “14 Valentine’s day Self Love Quotes”. https://www.olyinka.com/olyinka-mag/2019/2/13/14-self-love-quotes

·        Elise Lee (2021). “44 Self Love Quotes That Will Make You Mentally Stronger” ”https://www.lifehack.org/567391/frank-self-love-quotes

 

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