Traumatic Experiences Community Daily CheckIn - Thursday the 8th of June 2017
L-O-V-E-Y-O-U-R-S-E-L-F-D-A-Y
Most people would agree that self-love is essential for happiness. But what does that really mean?
The problem with these well-advised words is that often the receiver has no idea how to give self-love. The advise love yourself has become as cliché as Just say no to drugs. How do you love yourself? I have pondered this question my whole life; for myself, for my loved ones and friends. What I came to realize is that it can be more beneficial to examine the ways we, unknowingly, arent loving ourselves, rather than trying hard to conjure up love for our self.
So whats the answer? The key to loving yourself truly is to give yourself that which uplifts you, not just for the moment, but long term. What is it that you really want? The key to answering that question is to go past the clamoring desires of your ego and personality, which are never going to be satisfied. Instead, the secret to your ultimate happiness is to travel to your soul. Your ego personality is always going to want more. As soon as you give it the donut, it wants the chocolate. When you buy it the shoes, it begs for boots. Sadly, the ego always just wants the next thing.
Some Things You Can Love About You:
Your sense of humor
Your laugh
Your ability to make others laugh when they need it
Your intuition
Your willingness to challenge yourself
Your understanding of what makes you feel happiest
Your taste in movies
Your taste in books
Your taste in clothes
The way you don't care about clothes
The way you hug people
Your eye for design
Your organizational skills
Your quiet intensity
Your loud boisterous demeanor
Your facial expression quirks
Your voice
The way you cry about things that are important to you
Your special relationship with your friends
Your special relationship with fictional characters
Your ability to smile even when things get hard
The twinkle in your eye when you get excited about something
The chaos that is your living space seeming to be perfectly adapted to your lifestyle
Your ability to bounce back from that really hard thing you had to deal with
Your thoughts on literature
Your thoughts on politics
Your thoughts on culture
Your thoughts
Your causes and charities and the way you contribute to them
Your deep contemplations that never seem to fully work themselves out
The way you wring your hands when you're nervous
The way you babble when you're tired
The way you would defend your best friend against an army with a spoon if it came down to it
The hobby that you care about and how much you love it
The way you changed someone's life (and you did)
That time you gave someone a second chance they didn't deserve because sometimes that's what they really need
The way you spend hours reading
The things you doodle
The way you say "no" when you need to
The way you work to become a better person
Your honesty
Your compassion
Your bravery
Your generosity
Your curiosity
Your open mind
Your ability to care for houseplants
The way you cook
The fact that you recycle
The way you tip well
I so do understand how to love you may be very hard. But go through the list and at least check off 3. Also share some things on here that you love about you or love doing. Get creative, share pictures or poems or short stories..Any cause I have a love for each one of you cause you are you and special and worth my time
IRUMPLE!!!!!!!
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