“Loving you is easy ’cause you’re beautiful . . .” Yes, you! YOU are beautiful!!! As you walk around today wishing everyone Happy Valentine’s Day and expressing love, remember the first person you must express love to is yourself. That’s right YOU! Remember her, the one the stares back in the mirror at you everyday? The one who has always been there no matter what? Yep, she needs your love too, more than anyone else in your life. Because if you don’t love her first and foremost, then you can’t really love anyone else.
YOU are the most important person in your life. I have always preached self-love to my girlfriends, my mother, and basically anyone who would listen. I feel THE most important aspect of a woman’s life is learning how to love herself. As much emphasis as she places on loving others, she must place that ten-fold on herself. When you love yourself, it shows to everyone. Through your walk, your talk and the way you carry yourself. Self love and self-confidence go hand in hand. People see it, sense it and often envy it. Since it is not easy for everyone to love themselves, they often try to bring others down with them. Remember, misery loves company but don’t give in to it.
We are all a work in progress, but the slight imperfections are what make us unique. So I say to those of us (including me) who are perfectionists and often hard on ourselves, relax! Embrace those qualities and learn to love them. If you ever expect someone to love all of you and accept everything about you, YOU have to do it first.
As you look in the mirror today and the next, try a few of these mantras to help you remember how great you really are:
YOU are an amazing woman.
YOU have overcome obstacles and challenges that could have broken you, but didn’t.
YOU are so strong.
YOU are a good person.
YOU are smart.
YOU are important.
YOU are loved.
Use these mantras to embrace the inner you or create your own. Do whatever you need to do to remind you that loving you is easy because YOU are beautiful AND fabulous, vivacious and a force to be reckoned with!
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
