A Year of Self Love: Daily Wisdom and Inspiration for Loving Yourself (A Year of Daily Reflections)

by Troy L. Love

Loving ourselves is not selfish. Loving ourselves is an essential element of being able to love others. Loving ourselves means that we have developed resiliency to the shadows of shame that whisper to us, You are not enough. Loving ourselves means that we can be authentically kind to others without a mask. We are not pretending or hustling, nor are we shutting people out. We are standing in our own light and sharing that with others. Loving ourselves means that we acknowledge we are not perfect, and we are gentle with ourselves. You are likely aware that we tend to be harder on ourselves than we are on anyone else. When we practice loving-kindness toward ourselves, a miracle happens: We stop being so judgmental of ourselves, and, in turn, we’re also less judgmental of others.