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Love yourself as you are created

 There is only TWO people that you need love from, to be truly content, peaceful and joyful. Their love will constantly fill up your vessel and overflow it so you can offer that love to others in your life. 

The first person's love, you have no care for and no regard for. It is free, it is abundant and is available any time you need it. It never wavers, never changes and always seeks you, even when you are negligent, apathetic and most times unresponsive. When you are hurt, this love embraces you and brings back the peace and hope, and when you are healed and forget it, it waits patiently for you.

The second person you are actively hostile to, with constant criticism and rejection. You don't like anything about this person, you wish they could be anything but them. They are craving your attention and your time. And while they wither away due to lack of your love, they try to seek love from others and it leaves them even more depleted because that is not what nourishes them.

I imagine most of you have guessed that the first one is God, but did you realize that the other person is YOU?!

Why do we constantly seek shelter for our heart and soul with others - parents, children, spouses, partners, siblings, friends, when all the love we need comes from God and ourselves? We are let down constantly by one or all of them and that leads to heartache, sense of inadequacy or worthlessness, it robs our joy of life. And, because they can't love us, we can't love ourselves because we see ourselves through their eyes and feel undeserving. (Don't get me wrong, other relationships are important in life, but they should be the recipients of the love that we already have in our vessel, not the contributors!)

Why don't we try to move the cross hairs and focus on God and see how much He loves us. When we see our image in His mirror, we can see how magnificent we are through His eyes. How can you not love you when you see your radiant self? Every pimple or wrinkle on your face, every gray in your hair and every fat cell in your body shifts away from focus, you're not a summation of your imperfections anymore, you are a reflection of His Creation. 

So, accept God's free gift of love so you can love yourself fiercely. 

Think about it - how do you expect others to love you when you can't love yourself?!



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