36.Hug

When was the last time you wrapped your arms around yourself and squeezed?

Do it now and say aloud ‘I love myself, I am proud of myself, I am worthy, I am doing a great job’. It’s easy to look to others for affirmation, but there is no greater love and appreciation than that which we give ourselves. Many of us are told that pride and admiration of self is wrong, conceited even- but a beautiful existence is a harmonious balance of both confidence and humility. ‘You must love yourself before you can truly love another,’sounds cliche, but only because it is a statement filled with truth. You cannot expect others to build you up all of the time, that is merely temporary, you can however develop a relationship in which you are deeply connected with yourself and your inner knowing- that is where the real magic is.