Allow me to let you in on
a little secret: SELF-LOVE IS ESSENTIAL FOR SURVIVAL.
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| from Hannah's 31 days of Goodnight Beautiful Day |
Self-love isn’t just something
you decide that you want, like a new dress. Self-love is something that you
need, just like your fruits and veggies. You can decide not to eat them, but
you won’t be feeling as hot as you would otherwise.
You
really want to love yourself? Then you need to change your thoughts, change
your actions, and change your perceptions on yourself and life.
You
need to bare loose the internalized thought patterns, beliefs, and standards
that are so entwined within you.
You
need to do read books, blogs, whatever you can get your hands on about: what self-love means (for YOU + for
EVERYTHING ELSE), what these “things” are that you’ve internalized; why you’ve
internalized them; how you are NOT ALONE; things you have never ever fathomed
that come in the package of self-love.
You
need to act, because this is survival we are talking about, not just something
to do when you “get the chance.”
And
when you start this, you keep going.
When
you doubt yourself, this journey, and the things you read: you be there for
yourself, you remember why you are here, and you keep going.
Be
easy on yourself, be strong for yourself, and just be there for you, because
that’s what you need the most right away. You need YOU.
YOU
are the weapon of mass destruction against all of those crappy lies you have
been spoon-fed until this day of claiming your want to live.
Your
soul is waiting for you to nurture it, your body is waiting for you to listen
to it, and all of your hopes and dreams are dependent on this.
We
need self-love like we need water.
We
need it right away in the morning before we eat, before and after every meal.
We
need it when we don’t feel thirsty for it (especially then).
We
need it with things that are hard to digest.
We.
Need. It.
Get
it?
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