Fall In Love With Yourself

At last night’s Guided Journaling session at the public library, I asked the question, “How can you fall in love with yourself more deeply in the swell toward spring?” I answered, “Continue my somatic exercises before bed, read, set aside time to write, verbally express my gratitude for things/others, take myself out on dates.”

While I feel like all of those hold merit, it dawned on me that most of those are doing, they have a performance of sorts to them that feels like if I do more of something, I’ll love myself more. Instead, what I really believe will help me fall in love with me more is:

Celebrate myself
Love my tender parts and all the broken bits that are healing
Accept where I am in the moment, every moment
Treat myself like magic (like I feel about all my friends…they’re magic!)
Tell myself in the mirror every day, “I’m so grateful you’re here to experience this life with.”
Hug myself in bed each night and say, “Thank you for carrying me today.”
And honor every single one of my values, boundaries, and precious ideas that deserve air time.

Because I would do that for my people, so why not me, too?