Love Yourself

Not enough love in your life? Maybe you want just one special someone, or maybe you have a special someone, and you just want them to love you more. If you want more love from anyone though, you have to remind yourself of one very important thing. You are the most important thing in your world! Please remember that the airlines say that in the event of a crash, put your mask on first, so that you can then help your child or others around you. The same holds true in life and love, you have to help yourself first if you can ever hope to have love, peace, and happiness left over for others. When I was homeless I would sometimes feel very unloved - like the whole world was against me. To get away from that feeling I would read and study things that helped bring me back to a place where I could love and be loved again. After I was back to a better place mentally, then I could do nice things for myself, to fully give myself love so that I could give and receive love more easily. Even today I still surround myself with things to read, listen to, and watch that help bring me back to a place of love when I need it most. What can you do to give to yourself?

There are lots of things you can do for yourself, and they don't even have to take up much of your time. You can also do tons of fun and/or relaxing things that don't cost anything. If you want people to love you more, including the romantic kind of love, you need to love yourself first. One of the things you can do for yourself that doesn't cost anything is going for a walk in nature or a park near you. You get to hear the really neat assorted birdcalls, maybe the rustling of the wind in the trees if there is a breeze. You can see so many different plants and trees if you just look around at the beauty of nature, not to mention all the cute animals you can see if you keep your eyes open. Some of the plants smell really good too, not just the ones with beautiful or unusual flowers either. I even pull off the flowers and leaves sometimes, some feel as smooth as melted butter, just so exquisite and nice. As an added bonus you can give others the flowers you pick from your walks with nature, even if you live in a big city like me, you can still find flowers that overlap onto the sidewalk and you can give them to others.

Walking also helps you physically; the fresh air in your lungs and the sun on your skin can brighten your whole day. Of course we all know how important the exercise is. Even a nice stroll helps. You can also do things that you enjoy that don't cost much, like sometimes I feed the squirrels or even the ducks, birds, and geese in my local park. I buy a bag or two of peanuts at the dollar store and then feed the squirrels. Sometimes I buy the cheapest biggest loaves of bread I can get and go feed the ducks, geese and any other birds that happen to be around. You can even go to a beach or any nearby water to picnic, play, relax or whatever you like to do. Maybe go fishing off a pier, whatever floats your boat that YOU like to do.

Do the things that you love to do, and you will end up loving yourself more and be able to both receive love from others more easily, as well as give love to them. It is so very important to give love and happiness to yourself, so that you can be more loving to others. It isn't selfish at all. Please remember that even the airlines say that in the event of a crash, put your mask on first. The same holds true in life, you have to help yourself first if you can ever hope to have energy, love, and happiness left over to help others. Giving to yourself will help you lead a satisfyingly enjoyable and long healthy life. Remember that life is a balance and that luv truly is the answer. Pick any of the self love/self help things below to help you love yourself more. We can always improve when it comes to loving ourselves. All my luv to you and yours, luv, Katrina.