Love Yourself Be Good To Yourself (round 2)

I wrote a blog post last year titled "Love yourself, be good to yourself". I keep thinking about how simple yet so important that phrase is. That if I had 5 wishes, one of them would be that we could see ourselves through the eyes of people who love us the most (and the other 4 would be something about Harry Styles, traveling, not having to wear pants, and leopard print everything). I think it's easy to look at the people we love and come up with reasons why we love them. Why we are drawn to them. The good things that make them them. I think it's not as easy to come up with reasons why we love ourselves. Why people are drawn to us. The good things that make us us. I think it's just kind of uncomfortable because we've been taught to think of others before ourselves, to not be self centered, to not be prideful. But I think it is SO important to genuinely love ourselves and be good to ourselves. In a silent, confident, comfortable way- I think it is one of the most beautiful qualities a person can have.
I remember sitting in a lecture where we discussed traits we want in a future spouse. We were asked the question, "What do you want your future spouse to see in you?" It really got me thinking about who I am, the qualities that I'm glad I have, the things that I like about myself, the things I hope people can recognize about me.  I realized that the things I listed, were the things that I really love about myself and recognize about others. The things that I thought make me and others beautiful. A few on my list were: My compassion, my honesty & realness, my willingness to try, my desire for adventure, my dedication. I started thinking about each of these qualities. Breaking them down into pieces. Really thinking about myself. About the things I think other people admire about me. And little by little allowed those things to really be ME, and I started loving myself in a new way. Do it. Do it do it do it. Think about 5 qualities that really help to define you. Think about them. Think about how awesome you are. Think about what makes you different. Think about the things you really hope people notice about you, and love those traits and continue to work on them. Love yourself. Be good to yourself.

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xo
Bay