Loving Myself
Be more of you, and less of them
Self love means protecting oneself from psychological problems by prioritising one's own happiness. This is only the way of loving and appreciating ourselves but we face a lot of difficulties in the way of loving ourselves that is why a celebrity once said
_the biggest love we're all searching for is the love for one's self._
Self love is a means of loving people. A person who doesn't know how to love himself cannot create a happy environment and healthy life. It is extremely important to love yourself to recognise your own importance. If we cannot take care of our honour and dignity, we will continue to undermine our self esteem at every point of life. This will not only make it difficult to live a healthy life but also for the people around us.as a source said.
_to fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness_ .
(Robert Morley)
There are thousands of methods of self love but there are only a few that a person can easily apply and benefit from. 2
Self love ends when we don't love our desires to be fulfilled by thinking what other people will say. Our own truth is lost when we crush our dreams before they come true. We can't express our opinion for the rest of our life just because of the fear of society and people. We cannot enjoy freedom of opinion nor can we live with freedom. All this can be possible only when we put our priorities before people. It doesn't mean that the rights of the people should be neglected but it means that one should also take care of self respect and happiness.
_The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others on how you demand to be treated. Don't settle for anything other than respect._ Unknown
Another way of self love is talking to yourself about yourself. In many places we have to tell ourselves that there is nothing to fear, you can do it and you will do it. To give yourself courage, you have to pat yourself on the shoulder that there is nothing to be afraid of, you are doing the right thing. You are doing great, just keep doing well.
_Words matter and the words that matter most are the ones you say to yourself._
David tailor
Self love can also be achieved by making yourself a priority. Prioritising yourself means taking sometime for yourself, taking care of your health and completing every task on time. Try to get enough sleep and keep positive thoughts. In many cases ofin life, it becomes necessary for us to prioritise ourselves when people are trying hard to make us fall under negative influences.
_If you prioritise yourself, you are going to save yourself._
Gabrielle Union
Life is full of ups and downs, that is why one has to face many problems in life. In such a situation, it is necessary to take time for yourself. It is easier to overcome people's judgement than to overcome our own self judgement.
Self love starts with self confidence. Self confidence means having full confidence in your abilities and believing that you are not behind in anything.
The world can be ruled by believing in ourselves.
_Trust yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks._
_When you trust in yourself, you are trusting in the same wisdom that created you._
Setting healthy boundaries means to know what is important for yourself. It means to know when to compromise and when not. You should know how to say "no" when you don't find yourself comfortable with saying "yes". Don't give explanations and don't prove yourself, when you think you are right. Respect others' expressions and thoughts but don't respect yours.
_Learning to set healthy personal boundaries is necessary for maintaining a positive self concept and for managing issues of recovery._
One of the ways to love yourself is to accept your mistakes wholeheartedly instead of blaming yourself and learn from them. We should understand ourselves and give time to ourselves to understand that we are human beings and humans are prone to mistakes according to the source
The main obstacle in the way of self love is self harm. We should avoid self harming things like cutting ourselves, scratching our skin using a blade, burning ourselves, hitting ourselves or banging our head, punching things or throwing our body against hard objects, taking things into our skin, intentionally preventing wounds to heal and swallowing poisonous substances or inappropriate objects. We do something like that when we put a lot of expectations on people and when people don't meet our expectations, we end up hurting ourselves instead.
Here the question arises: how can one keep one's self away from such wrong action and negative thoughts? The very first way is distraction, although paying attention is not an easy task, it is not impossible either. One way to stay away from negative thinking is to keep yourself busy with something else. One should try to prevent self harm in some way. There are many ways to do this, including playing a sport, doing the favourite activity and worshipping.
They can't rescue you if they don't know you need it. Ask for help to fight another day.
A person can live a better life by loving himself because when he loves himself, he will worry about himself and want his life to be prosperous, so he will adopt methods that can improve his life such as sleeping and waking up on time, avoiding unnecessary worries, staying away from mental myths etc.
_you, yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection._
If future generations don't prioritise themselves and continue to face psychological issues, our society will never become a strong society and it will never develop. So, it is important to prioritise ourselves and make the future strong.
Everyone experiences some moments when they look in the mirror and they feel miserable. They compare themselves to others but nobody is perfect, everyone has flaws and imperfection. We have to find good in ourselves before we start loving other people for who they are. Self love and acceptance are the ways of health and happiness. These are the things that shape our physical, mental and emotional health. When we refuse to accept ourselves we cut ourselves from the energy that sustains life.
_Love yourself so much that when someone treats you wrong, you recognise it._
Rena Rose
Loving oneself is where true love begins
Writers:
•Samra Waheed •Maheen Khizar •Shaiza Bukhari