Love AND Self-Love!
Tuesday February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day! Course I have to start out by saying how much I love my hubby of 28 years - 29 this year! Course have to add the 2 years we knew each other prior to that! There will be ups & downs all thru life but love & compromise will get you thru! 
Saw the below quote here (LeAura Alderson) and had to share & maybe that is why my marriage has lasted along with compromise & yes, not giving up!
"Love
is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence
that they satisfy you."
— Wayne Dyer: is an American self-help advocate, author, and lecturer
— Wayne Dyer: is an American self-help advocate, author, and lecturer
So, on this day of love - aren't we always giving that love to others.. not a bad thing - BUT do you give yourself some self-love or do you throw that negative self-talk at yourself?
I am the first to say that I struggle with this. I have been a work in progress on this all my life. It is often hard to get past those negative voices from when we were younger but the key is to keep trying!
Just like weight loss & exercise, take baby steps to give yourself some self-love.
Start with saying something nice about yourself 1 time a day. If that is hard, maybe every other day. If you catch yourself starting to negative self-talk, promise yourself you will stop & think about it for 10 minutes & WHY you are doing it!
Carla was talking about this on her FB page the other day - learn to accept compliments rather than deflect them! I had a hard time doing this when I was younger but I actually can accept compliments now!
There are a lot of baby steps you can take to learn to like & love yourself! How about we all start today - on this love day - by learning to love ourselves too!
“All that we are is
the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we
become.” -Buddha
Share the love!!!
After I wrote this, I saw this article: Positivity Bracelets - they also support a cause! They say: YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK!
What will you do today to give yourself some self-love?
Posted by truth2beingfit at 2/13/2012 9:55 PM 
Categories: Motivation/Support, Life, Awareness, Inspiration, Inspirational Quotes, Love, Valentine's Day, Challenges, Acceptance
Tags: Valentines Day love self talk self esteem self worth acceptance challenges choices motivation inspiration inspirational quotes life Care2 believe in yourself awareness
Categories: Motivation/Support, Life, Awareness, Inspiration, Inspirational Quotes, Love, Valentine's Day, Challenges, Acceptance
Tags: Valentines Day love self talk self esteem self worth acceptance challenges choices motivation inspiration inspirational quotes life Care2 believe in yourself awareness
I'm thinking that going to yoga is self-love for me
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Does shopping count?
I like your suggestion of saying something nice about yourself at least once a day. Also, accepting compliments is something I struggle with.
Congrats on all your years of marriage..wow!!!
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I like the quote about comparison. That's an important concept for people to understand. See, I like some quotes
If I may add one that has resonated with me on this topic:
"Love and self are one, the discovery of either, is the realization of both!"
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I love this post! I have had a long journey and part of it is self love! I am better about it and easier on myself than about a year ago.
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Buddha was right .... more that we will ever know! Cool! AND Happy Valentine's Birthday to you and yours!
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Nice article and a good reminder to be as kind to ourselves as we are to our family and friends.
Today I showed myself some love by going for my morning walk and eating healthy!
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Thank you for the reminder for and steps to self-love. So necessary!
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Exercise is my favorite form of self love! When I'm sweaty and feeling the pump I always feel pleased with myself.
Today, I only had 20 minutes, so I hopped on the ARC trainer and pushed out some hard intervals. Endorphins = love!
Happy Valentines day, Jody!
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I treated myself to some lifting and a cookie--a double whammy!
Happy Valentine's Day, Jody!
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Nice post
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Suzanne - thank you for stopping by & your thoughts on this!
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