Note to Self : Love Yourself

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Stand Up For Yourself : SelfLove

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Yoga is the journey to self

International Yoga Day

BE ....

Be true

Be humble

Be prayerful

Be grateful

Be smart

Be clean

You are Unique !!!

You are Unique !!!

Don't ever forget that you are Unique.

Be your best self and not an imitation of someone else.
find your strength and use them in a positive way.

Don't listen to those who redicule the choices you make.
Travel the road that you have chosen and don't
look back with regret.

 

You have to take chances to make your dreams happen.
Remember that there is plenty of time to travel another
road - and still another in your journey through life.

Take the time to take the route that is right for you.
You will learn something valuable every trip you take,
so don't be afraid to make mistakes.

 

Tell yourself that you're okay as the way you are.
make friends who respect your true self.

Take the time to be alone, too, so you can know
 just how terrific your own company be.

 

Remember that being alone doesn't always mean
being lonely, it can be beautiful experiance of
finding your creativity, your heartfelt feelings,
and the clam and quiet peace deep  inside you.

Don't ever forget that you are special and you have
within you the ability to make your dreams come true.

~Jacqueline Schiff~

"How To Love Yourself More"

Ever wondered about loving yourself more?

Here's a short article on "How To Love Yourself More"

Love is so much more than the word used to denote it.


Love.
To many it is just a word.
A word that signifies pain, lies, hurt and so many other similar conditions.
To others, the word love conjures scenes of fairy tales and castles in the sky.
Living happily ever after.

The first thing to look at - do you see love as the substance of pain and lies and deception of others?
Or do you see it as the light of delusion in a fairy tale world?

What's your first reaction?
What does your gut tell you?

Substance or light?
Is love painful?
Or is love a fairy tale?
Once you know which of these two you tend to gravitate towards, then you can work with it.


Here's how:-

If your initial tendency is to gravitate more towards the substance - if you believe love is painful - then sense yourself walking into the 'mud' of love's pain.
Keep walking.
Feel the stories you tell yourself about 'how love is'.
About how love 'always goes'.

Feel it as intensely as you possibly can.

Then walk out the OTHER SIDE of the mud.
Imagine yourself being lifted into the light of love.
Be filled with the light-ness of love.

Feel that feeling as long as you can:-
You, in the light of love.

Maybe spend five minutes on the whole experience.
Just find a quiet time and space, perhaps turning off the phone and the lights, so you'll have a few minutes alone.
Relax your body and your heart and your mind.
Get centered.
Then start by imagining the 'mud' that makes up love.

If you do this, you will be balancing out your love -
so you'll be able to feel more of it.

Or, if you tend to see love as more of a fairy tale
- start by feeling yourself being drawn into the clouds.
Imagine yourself floating through those light clouds.
Feel whatever feelings come up, as intensely as you can.
Prince Charming, Cinderella, whatever...

Then imagine yourself going all the way THROUGH those clouds and out the other side.
Next, see yourself descending down to the ground and into the substance of love.
Surround yourself and fill yourself with any and all feelings and thoughts that come up.
Stay there as long as you can.

Again, the whole exercise need take no more than five, maybe ten minutes maximum.

That's how you balance the light and substance of your love.
It's one way to feel more love.

Also, start giving yourself permission to feel the love.
Otherwise, you probably won't be feeling much of it.

You can't just say the words.
You've got to really mean it.

"I truly and honestly give myself permission to feel more of my love."
Be deliberate; forceful; in charge.

"Subconscious mind - I'm speaking to you!
I give myself permission to feel the light of my love and the substance of my love.
I want you to start breaking down the walls that stand between me and my love."

I give myself permission.

That's the second thing you can do to feel more love.
Practice giving yourself permission to feel the love.

"I give myself permission to feel the love."

You can NOT say it too many times!
Ten times a day, minimum, wouldn't hurt.
Could you say it once an hour, and mean it?

I give myself permission to feel the love.

Could you write those words down in big bold letters on a piece of paper and tape it to your mirror?
It can help.

For best results, also spend time to balance out your love.
This will help remove the 'twist' and the 'weight' that we all put on love...

So you can experience a cleaner version of your love –
so you will *want* to feel more of it.

The permission and the balance.
They feed on each other.

Practice these two simple techniques and watch the love in your life increase.
The more love you allow, the more others will love you.

The more love you feel, the better and the easier your life will become.
The more powerful you become.
The more emotional muscle you'll have.
You will become stronger on the inside.
You will drift less.

You can anchor to your love.
It can be part of the foundation for your life.

Positive Side of Life

Positive Side of Life

Living on Earth is expensive,
but it does include a free trip around the sun every year.

How long a minute is depends on what side of the
bathroom door you're on.

Birthdays are good for you;
the more you have,
the longer you live.

Happiness comes through doors you
didn't even know you left open.

Ever notice that the people who are late are often much jollier
than the people who have to wait for them?

Most of us go to our grave
with our music still inside of us.

If Walmart is lowering prices every day,
how come nothing is free yet?

You may be only one person in the world,
but you may also be the world to one person.

Some mistakes are too much fun
to only make once.

Don't cry because it's over;
smile because it happened.

We could learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp, some are pretty,
some are dull, some have weird names,
and all are different colors....
but they all exist very nicely in the same box.

A truly happy person is one who
can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Have an awesome day,
and know that someone who thinks you're great
has thought about you today!
"And that person was me."....

Build Your Self Esteem

Build Your Self Esteem

Pay attention to your own needs and wants.
Listen to what your body, your mind, and your heart are telling you.

For instance, if your body is telling you that you have been sitting down too long, stand up and stretch.

If your heart is longing to spend more time with a special friend, do it.

If your mind is telling you to clean up your basement, listen to your favorite music, or stop thinking bad thoughts about yourself, take those thoughts seriously.


Take very good care of yourself. As you were growing up you may not have learned how to take good care of yourself.

In fact, much of your attention may have been on taking care of others, on just getting by, or on "behaving well."
Begin today to take good care of yourself.

Treat yourself as a wonderful parent would treat a small child or as one very best friend might treat another.

If you work at taking good care of yourself, you will find that you feel better about yourself.

Nothing Will Obstruct Me

Nothing Will Obstruct Me

Neither the sadness, disappointment or
Neither the uncertainty, or the loneliness
NOTHING WILL OBSTRUCT ME SMILING


Neither fear, or depression,
Putting more suffering my heart,
NOTHING WILL DETAIN DREAMING OF ME


Neither despair nor disbelief,
Much less hatred or any offense,
NOTHING WILL OBSTRUCT OF LIVING.


Amid the darkness, among the thorns,
In storms and the sacrifices
NOTHING HAD ME PREVENTED FROM HAVING FAITH


Even wandering and learning,
All I will be favourable,
To that I can always move
Preserving, serve, sing,
Thank, forgive, again ...


I WANT THE DAY LIVE TODAY
As if it were THE FIRST,
As if it were the LAST,
As if it were YOUR ONLY.


I live for the moment now
As if this were early,
As never be late.

I want to keep the optimism,
Keep the balance,
To strengthen my hope,
Recompor my energies,
To succeed in my mission
And live happy every day.


I walk in the certainty of reaching,
I want to fight on the certainty of winning,
I search the certainty of achieving,
I know wait
To achieve the ideals of my being.


FINALLY,
I want to give up on me,
to play hard.

Make A Difference

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

If each grain of sand were to say:
One grain does not make a mountain,
There would be no land.

If each drop of water were to say:
One drop does not make an ocean,
There would be no sea.

If each note of music were to say:
Each note does not make a symphony,
There would be no melody.

If each word were to say:
One word does not make a library,
There would be no book.

If each brick were to say:
One brick does not make a wall,
There would be no house.

If each seed were to say:
One seed does not make a field,
There would be no harvest.

If each of us were to say:
One person does not make the difference,
There would never be loveand peace on earth.
You and I do make the difference,
Begin today and make the difference.

Character

Character

When you do not upset yourself thinking about how others must change and instead you concentrate on your own change, good things start to happen.

First, you will feel better about yourself.

Second, you will start to have positive feelings towards others and start to understand them.

Third, others start having a more positive attitude towards you.

Gandhi’s Top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the SELF - ‘World’

‘You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.’

1. Change yourself.

‘You must be the change you want to see in the world.’

If you change yourself you will change your world.

2. You are in control.

‘Nobody can hurt me without my permission.’

What you feel and how you react to something is always up to you.

3. Forgive and let it go.

‘The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.’

‘An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.’

4. Without action you aren’t going anywhere.

‘An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.’

Taking action is hard and difficult.You have to take action and translate the knowledge into results and understanding.

5. Take care of this moment.

‘I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.’

When you are in the present moment you don’t worry about the next moment that you can’t control anyway.

6. Everyone is human.

‘I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.’

‘It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.’

It’s important to keep in mind that everyone is just a human being no matter who they are and that we are all human and prone to make mistakes.

Be able to see with clarity where you went wrong and what you can learn from your mistake.

7. Persist.

‘First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.’

Be persistent. In time the opposition around you will fade and fall away.

Find what you really like to do. Then you’ll find the inner motivation to keep going, going and going.

8. See the good in people and help them.

‘I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.’

‘Leadership means getting along with people.’

There is pretty much always something good in people. And things that may not be so good. But you can choose what things to focus on.

And when you see the good in people it becomes easier to motivate yourself to be of service to them.

9 Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.

‘Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.’

‘Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.’

One of the best tips for improving your social skills is to behave in a congruent manner and communicate in an authentic way. People seem to really like authentic communication. And there is much inner enjoyment to be found when your thoughts, words and actions are aligned You feel powerful and good about yourself.

10. Continue to grow and evolve.

‘Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.’

You can pretty much always improve your skills, habits or re-evaluate your evaluations. You can gain deeper understanding of yourself and the world.

 

Free Yourself...

Free Yourself...

From your conforms, friends, families and religion
peers, teachers, students, husbands and wives,
parents, children, expectations and limitations,
responsibilities, careers, spelling, fitting in, not fitting in,
wonderful original individual you ARE

Get up on a pedestal and DANCE
in front of everyone to a rhythm of your own
take a deep breath, fill your lungs and SING
off key for everyone to hear
bear all, naked, exposed,
raw to the bone
with only the flame of your soul aglow

Run, feel the wind as it dances
through the tresses of your hair
sit in the cool shade of a wonderfully green tree
Walk, pick up the earth
scattering handfuls around you
Drink, be quenched from a cool clear stream
cleanse your soul

LiVE !!!

by Juanita Hawley

Be Who You Must Be

Be Who You Must Be

I don’t know where you are on your path
I have never stood in your shoes
I see not with your eyes.
I know not what your purpose is here
In this stage of your evolution
But I feel blessed to know you
As you are not in my life by chance
And you are my teacher
As I hope you learn from me
I pray I show reverence to you
I pray not to judge you
I wish to let you be
Who you are
Who you dream of being
I will just be beside you
And watch you grow
And the day will come for sure
When we will know why
Our paths crossed this way
And until then my friend
Be who you must be!

by Diarmuid Cronin

A Little Walk Around Yourself

A Little Walk Around Yourself

When you're criticizing others
And are finding here and there
A fault or two to speak of
Or a weakness you can't bear.
When you're blaming someone's weakness
Or accusing some of self...
It's time that you went out
To walk around yourself.

There are lots of human failures
In the average of us all.
And lots of grave shortcomings.
In the short ones and the tall.
But when we think of evils
Men should lay upon the shelves,
It's time we all went out
To take a walk around ourselves.

We need so often in this life
This balancing of scales.
This seeing how much in us wins,
And how much in us fails.
But before you judge another
Just to lay him on the shelf...
It would be a splendid plan
To take a walk around yourself.

--Author Unknown

A great Recipe

A great Recipe

Fold two hands together,
And express a dash of sorrow.
Marinate it overnight,
And work on it tomorrow.

Chop one grudge in tiny pieces,
Add several cups of love.
Dredge with a large sized smile,
Mix with the ingredients above.

Dissolve the hate within you,
By doing a good deed.
Cut in and help your friend,
If he/she should be in need.

Stir in laughter, love and kindness,
From the heart it has to come.
Toss with genuine forgiveness,
And give your friends some.

The amount of people served,
Will depend on you.
It can serve the whole wide world.
If you really want it to!!

Develop The Right Attitude

DEVELOP THE RIGHT

(SELF) ATTITUDE

Here are 10 suggestions to help you develop and

maintain a healthy Self-image.

Read them slowly.

Meditate on them regularly.


1. Hate your sin, but never hate yourself.


2. Be quick to repent.


3. When God gives you light, walk in it.


4. Stop saying negative things about yourself.

God loves you and it's wrong to hate what He loves.

He has great plans for you, so you're in conflict with Him

when you speak negatively concerning your future.


5. Never be afraid to admit that you've made a mistake

and don't always assume that when things go wrong,

it must be 'my fault'.


6. Don't meditate excessively on what you've done,

right or wrong;

both of these activities keep your mind on you!

Center your thoughts on God.


7. Take good care of yourself physically.

Make the best of what God gave you to work with,

but don't be obsessed with your appearance.


8. Never stop learning but don't allow

your education to become a point of pride.

God doesn't use you because of what's in your head:

He uses you because of what's in your heart.


9. Realize that your talents are a gift, not something you

have manufactured yourself; never look down on people

who can't do what you do.


10. Don't despise your weaknesses they

keep you dependent on God.

Unknown

Promise Yourself

Promise Yourself

Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best and expect only the best.

To be enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticise others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

— by Christian D Larson

Being...

Being…

It is the letting go of all the
should’s, the must’s, the have-to’s,
the have-nots, the cannots,
the doubts and the guilt.

It is allowing your thoughts to come forth -
without judgement.

It is allowing yourself to feel -
without judgement.

It is allowing yourself to do what you want -
without judgement.

It is allowing yourself to be who you are -
without judgement.

When you allow yourself to be,
You find
Peace, Freedom, Love and Joy
Within you.

Recipe for Self Love

LOVE YOURSELF

Take full responsibility for your life.
Stop blaming other.
See yourself as the cause of what happens to you.
Do things you like to do.
Don't stay in a job you don't like.
Participate in life at the highest level you can.

Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts.
Be gentle, kind, and patient with yourself.
Give yourself the simple pleasures of life abundantly.
Wear clothes you feel good in, get a massage etc.
Watch what you say.
Avoid self put-downs.
Stop being critical of yourself and others.

Take care of your body.
Give it exercise and good food.

Be willing to create a life-style that generates and nourishes self-esteem.
Associate with others with high esteem.

Acknowledge yourself frequently.
Keep a diary of your successes and accomplishments.
Avoid comparing yourself with anyone.
Remember that it's who we are, not what we do, that's important

Give yourself permission to do nothing periodically.
Schedule time by yourself.

Frequently take deep breaths.
Discover the benefit and pleasure of breathing fully.

Eat first class frequently.
Don't look at the right side of the menu.

Stop trying to change.
Focus your attention on being the way you want others to be.

Look into a mirror regularly
and say "I love you, I really love you".

Stop feeling guilty and saying "I'm sorry".
See mistakes as valuable lessons and avoid judging yourself.

Consciously generate positive thoughts and feelings of self-love
in place of old thoughts of inadequacy.

Be willing to laugh at yourself and at life.
Stop taking yourself so seriously.
Accept compliments from others without embarrassment.
Don't invalidate their positive thoughts and feelings about you.

Be kind to your mind.
Don't hate yourself for having negative thoughts.
Gently change your thoughts.
Keep your awareness and your thoughts focused in present time
instead of living in the past or future.
Acknowledge others frequently.
Tell them what you like and appreciate in them.

Invest money in yourself.
Go to seminars, workshops and courses that develop your talents. Make a list of 10 things
you love doing and do them frequently.
Treat yourself as you would treat someone you really loved.
Praise yourself.

ABOVE ALL… LOVE URSELF