A SELF-LOVE REMINDER: PUT YOURSELF FIRST- AND NO APOLOGIES! DEAR FRIENDS- Do you find it far more easy and comfortable to give love and support to other people- than you do to yourself? If so you are definitely NOT alone. Many more of us struggle with this self-defeating hangup than you may realize! If this is something you notice about yourself, the chances are that you were conditioned somehow to feel guilty about nurturing and helping YOU and putting your own needs first. Almost all religions tell us to be spiritual is to be selfless- and to focus on giving to others. And this reinforces the conditioning we experienced during our upbringing where our families trained us to expect that our own emotional needs wont be met! But here is great news- which is the way out of the bind of guilt and shame our families and religions placed us in. And it has the added benefit of being true! It is NOT selfish at all to put ourselves first. In fact its healthy, liberating and happily self-loving. People who truly love and nurture themselves dont stop giving to others- that NEVER happens. Rather, they are filled inside AND GIVE TO OTHERS FROM AN OVERFLOW OF GOOD FELINGS RATHER THAN AN ATTEMPT TO BE SPIRITUAL OR FROM A GUILTY SENSE OF OBLIGATION. The gifts of tenderness and attention, compassion and validation, kindness and thoughtfulness that they lavish upon themselves increase their unforced compassionate impulses toward other people rather than making them uncaring and selfish. So always put yourself first- and no apologies! And observe how the magic and pleasure of giving and receiving- to yourself/from yourself, and between you and others- fills and fulfills you more and more every day. Makes sense? LOTS OF LOVE- BRIAN
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:34:07 +0000
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