How To Love Yourself
Miss Behavin'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: regina,saskatchewan
Posts: 966
How To Love Yourself
Stop all criticism
Accept yourself exactly as you are. Refuse to criticize yourself. Self-criticism will produce only negative outcomes
Don't scare yourself
Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts. Find a mental image that gives you peasure and switch to your pleasant thought when scary thoughts occur.
Be gentle and patient with yourself
Treat yourself as you would someone you really loved.
Be kind to your mind
Self hatred is hating your own thoughts. Don't hate yourself for having thoughts; gently change your thoughts.
Praise yourself
Criticism breaks down the inner spirit; praise builds it up. Praise yourself as much as you can. Tell yourself how well you are doing with every little thing.
Support yourself
Find ways to support yourself. Reach out to friends and allow them to help you. It is a sign of strength to ask for help when you need it.
Be loving to your negatives
Acknowledge that you have created negative patterns to fulfill a need in your life. Now that you are finding new, positive ways to meet your needs, you can lovingly release thes old negative patterns
Take care of your body
Learn about nutrition and the types of fuel your body needs for optimum energy and vitality. Explore the world of excercise and discover what you enjoy. Cherish and respect the body you live in.
Mirror work
At least once a day look into the mirror and say, "I love you, I really love you." Look into your eyes and express the growing sense of love you have for yourself. Appreciate who you are and who you're becoming. Be gentle and forgiving. Practice makes correction
Do it now!
Don't wait until you get well, or lose the weight, or get the new job, or start the new relationship. Begin now~~do the best you can.
adapted from Louise L. Hay
Accept yourself exactly as you are. Refuse to criticize yourself. Self-criticism will produce only negative outcomes
Don't scare yourself
Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts. Find a mental image that gives you peasure and switch to your pleasant thought when scary thoughts occur.
Be gentle and patient with yourself
Treat yourself as you would someone you really loved.
Be kind to your mind
Self hatred is hating your own thoughts. Don't hate yourself for having thoughts; gently change your thoughts.
Praise yourself
Criticism breaks down the inner spirit; praise builds it up. Praise yourself as much as you can. Tell yourself how well you are doing with every little thing.
Support yourself
Find ways to support yourself. Reach out to friends and allow them to help you. It is a sign of strength to ask for help when you need it.
Be loving to your negatives
Acknowledge that you have created negative patterns to fulfill a need in your life. Now that you are finding new, positive ways to meet your needs, you can lovingly release thes old negative patterns
Take care of your body
Learn about nutrition and the types of fuel your body needs for optimum energy and vitality. Explore the world of excercise and discover what you enjoy. Cherish and respect the body you live in.
Mirror work
At least once a day look into the mirror and say, "I love you, I really love you." Look into your eyes and express the growing sense of love you have for yourself. Appreciate who you are and who you're becoming. Be gentle and forgiving. Practice makes correction
Do it now!
Don't wait until you get well, or lose the weight, or get the new job, or start the new relationship. Begin now~~do the best you can.
adapted from Louise L. Hay
Miss Behavin'
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: regina,saskatchewan
Posts: 966
The dire dozen-
1. Want more for others than i want for myself...the peace i seek
2. Think from the end. Act "as if"
3. Be an appreciator-look for the valuable.
Appreciate: in value
Depreciate: take my value
4. Stay in rapport with the "source"
5. Understand resistance
but...
I can't....
6.Contemplate myself
7. Understand
8. Practice radical humility
9. Be in a constant stae of gratitude
10. Don't resolve a problem by condemning it
11. Play the match game...filled with intention
12. Meditate
happiness is something i decide before i get there.
1. Want more for others than i want for myself...the peace i seek
2. Think from the end. Act "as if"
3. Be an appreciator-look for the valuable.
Appreciate: in value
Depreciate: take my value
4. Stay in rapport with the "source"
5. Understand resistance
but...
I can't....
6.Contemplate myself
7. Understand
8. Practice radical humility
9. Be in a constant stae of gratitude
10. Don't resolve a problem by condemning it
11. Play the match game...filled with intention
12. Meditate
happiness is something i decide before i get there.
everything is already ok
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia
Posts: 19,793
What an amazing list Wendy. Thanks. I love the Mirror ..., I looked at myself yesterday in my really small mirror and liked what I saw, so I went out and bought a much bigger mirror and hung it in the Lounge and am enjoying getting to know the person I see in there, he smiles a lot and seems ok to me
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