I’ve decided to dedicate today to loving the one person in my life that needs my love the most…me.
Don’t worry, there isn’t any domestic strife, B and I are as much (if not more) in love as before. Our love is shown daily in small little things that we do for each other. We don’t need Valentine’s Day to celebrate our love, we have our anniversary of falling in love, our engagement anniversary and our wedding anniversary to make the day special for each other. So I’m sequestering this day to express my love for me.
Self love is something that we should all give attention to. That doesn’t mean that we love our partners, spouses, children, parents, friends any less, it just means that we acknowledge the importance of our own self in our lives.
We know ourselves better than anyone else in the whole world. We know our flaws, we know our strengths. We know the struggles that we have faced, the figurative mountains that we have climbed, the times we have fallen, the times we have dusted our selves and gotten up and many a times that we haven’t been able to and have just curled up into a ball on the floor letting the misery flood and drown us. We need to be loved by us. We need our own validation, let the world and its brother go spin around spouting love or hate or advice or remonstrations…we need to love us.
Wether we are tall or short, dark or light, fat or thin, whatever be our physical attribute, we should love ourselves as we are, because we are unique. There is no one else like us, unless we have a doppelgÀnger somewhere in the world, but since there are minuscule chances of meeting her/him, we should believe in our uniqueness and love ourselves for it.
People around may adore or criticise, may advise or censure, we should not let that affect us. That happens only if we have faith in ourselves, if we have trust in ourselves…if we love ourselves.
Over the years I’ve learnt to love myself. I’ve learnt to become kinder to myself. Ive learnt to love myself inspite of my flaws, I’ve learnt to love me with my flaws. I’ve learnt my strengths and I love me for my strengths. I’ve developed a confidence in me, a strength in me that allows me to let what people say not affect me as much as it used to. I’ve learnt a very important lesson…my peace and happiness are more important than anything else and my peace and happiness are dependent only on me, on no one else but me. Hence the importance of self love.
So I raise a glass to me, myself and I !!! Cheers Love đ„
