Surprise! Episode 72, “I Love You,” is back in the podcast archive in a newly edited version.
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Self-love is the foundation of everything.
It shapes your relationships, your finances, and, most important of all, your health. That includes both emotional and physical health. At its root, every illness comes from a lack of self-love.
But then how am I supposed to love myself when there are times I don’t even like myself?
I’ve come to realize that we need to let go of the romantic model of love we carry in our heads. Self-love calls for a completely different model.
Think about parents and children. Parents don’t love a child because the child got a good grade, succeeded at something, or happens to be beautiful. Ask parents why they love their child, and they’ll tell you, “Because this is my child.”
That’s all.
The same is true of dog owners. Someone can have the ugliest dog in the country and still adore that dog. Why? Because it’s their dog.
So when someone asks why I love myself, I don’t need to search for reasons or qualities that make me worthy of love. The answer is much simpler:
I love myself because I am mine.
Whatever you’re going through right now, my heart is with you. Still, you don’t want to reach the end of this new year in the same place.
We have to make a conscious decision: Starting today, I’m going to change. I’m going to change what keeps me from becoming who and what I came here to be.
That decision isn’t up to anyone or anything else. It’s yours alone.
Your thinking is the only thing that can make a difference to your present reality and the way you love yourself.
Yes, she left you. That’s true. Yes, you were fired. That’s true too. The facts are real. What remains in your control is your thinking.
If you know that everything comes from the Creator and He is working for your good, your mind can rest.
The Creator doesn’t make your plans for you. Planning your life is your responsibility.
The Creator has a plan for us and guides us, but we also have free will. If you want God’s guidance, you need a plan of your own. You need to know where you want to go.
You know how people say, “I don’t feel that God is with me. God isn’t guiding me. Where is God?”
Beautiful soul, if you don’t know where you’re going or what you want, how will you ever get there?
It’s like calling out to the Creator, “Dad, help me!”
And He answers, “Okay. What do you need help with?”
As the verse says, “Cast your burden upon the Lord.”
I have to make the effort myself. But I turn over to Him every worry about what I can’t do. He is my partner, and He is also the One in control.
So why dwell on what I can’t control?
That’s how I love myself. I hope you can love yourself that way too.
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