Meditations on Self-Love Quotes

“May I release the judgment I impose on others. May I release the heaviness when I feel judged. May I let go of judgment and be free.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“May I live life with love. May I live free of judgment and hate. May I lead with love and hope that others will do the same.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Each time the world knocks us down, let us see it as a moment of awakening—a chance to get back up.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Let us practice less forcing and more flowing. Let us let go of control, and be with what is.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Unconditional love means loving myself on the days I find it hard to love myself. It means hugging your friend even when you don’t agree with them. It means meeting ourselves and others with compassion, kindness, and nonjudgment, and loving anyway.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“May I honor my growth and transformation. May I allow what no longer serves me to fall away, and invite in all that adds to my evolution.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Life gets uncomfortable. Our challenge as humans is to find comfort in the discomfort, for this is what will get us through life’s toughest moments. To find comfort in the uncertainty, and to make peace with the unknown—this is the secret to living. For when we soften into the unknown and get comfortable in the feelings that make our skin crawl, we learn the most about ourselves.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“We must be brave, for being human isn’t for the faint of heart. We will be tossed and thrown every which way; our hearts stretched so thin they break. Life is tough, this we know, but we must be courageous.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Sometimes we just need to give our minds a break, and rest in stillness and silence.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Go outside and as you breathe, unhook from the thinking mind. Feel your feet on the ground, sense your body, sense your breath, feel your heartbeat.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“May I accept the present moment as it is. May I understand that the past is gone and that the future is not yet here.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“We always have a choice. We can identify with our wounds, or we can learn from them. We can learn from the moments that broke us down and wear our scars proudly. When we learn to decipher the difference between a wound and a scar, we find freedom”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Oftentimes we feel ashamed or afraid to admit that we’re feeling unhappy. It’s okay to be sad. Sadness is a very natural part of being human.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“There’s a saying that “hurt people hurt people.” When someone hurts us, very rarely does it have anything to do with us. People hurt others because they are hurting inside. What’s needed more than understanding is compassion.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Just for today may I let go of overthinking, distractions, and worries. Just for today may I live my life with some spontaneity.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“In mindfulness, to be an observer is a good thing. It gives us space to take a step back so we can respond instead of react.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“May I give myself the freedom to be myself fully today. May I give others the freedom to be who they are fully and without judgment.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Allow others to be who they are and allow yourself to be who you are.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Resting is not a sign of weakness; it’s a gift you deserve to give yourself.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Ruminating in the past does us no good. Our mind rests in wishing things could have turned out differently. We waste so much time and energy trying to change the past that cannot be changed.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“May I learn to trust the unknown. May I soften into the uncertainty. May I be okay with not knowing what lies ahead.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Difficulties in life are inevitable. It’s how we respond that changes our experience. When pain is met with resistance, there is suffering. When pain is met with love, it turns into compassion and understanding.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Let us embrace life’s changing and impermanent nature, and let it teach us to appreciate each moment.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Everything changes, and nothing stays the same. This is true with the earth and with who we are. This is one of the most fundamental teachings in meditation, and it changed my life.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Center yourself and sense the message that you want to share with the world. Rather than explain it, be it. Show it in the way that you are and the way that you live.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“In this wanting, there is a clinging to something outside of ourselves and the present moment. In the midst of this wanting we should learn to remember what we already have. In the midst of wanting to meet my person and find true love, I must remember the love I have inside myself, and the love I have from my friends and family.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“The secret to peace is not thinking more, but rather thinking less. Just as life is to be lived and not understood, thinking less truly is the gateway to freedom.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Center yourself and rest in an open awareness, taking in the image of whatever is in front of you. Imagine yourself looking through the eyes of a child.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“Let us utilize this gift of observations so that we learn to respond instead of reacting, and learn the nature of our minds and hearts.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy

“As you breathe, celebrate your individuality. Let it shine bright.”
― Laurasia Mattingly, Meditations on Self-Love: Daily Wisdom for Healing, Acceptance, and Joy