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  • December 27, 2014 at 12:25 pm #69877
    Rebecca Jones
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    Ok so I’ll try to make this short and simple. I’m curious about what it truly means to love yourself unconditionally, how it feels, how to really know from the bottom of your heart that you do? I am a very happy person and I try to find the good in everything, and I understand that loving yourself has to do with completely accepting your thoughts and feelings and being compassionate toward yourself. The past year or so I’ve learned a lot spiritually and I am still on the road to learning. I have gone through really good fun times and really bad, sad, confusing times but I am grateful for it all. I have learned what it means to truly forgive others and forgive yourself. I’ve been meditating often and trying to become more mindful. What I’m getting at though… I still don’t think I know what it means to love myself, or HOW to love myself.
    I ask, do I truly love myself? And even though I forgive, like, and respect myself, for some reason saying ‘yes’ doesn’t feel like I really mean it. It feels like I WANT to say yes, but really I’m still confused. I want to feel it with my whole heart, know from the bottom of my soul and be able to say with no doubt in my mind that YES I love myself.
    Maybe I’m over-thinking it? I don’t know. Any advice, tips, wise words, personal stories, or support is appreciated!

    December 28, 2014 at 6:15 pm #69908
    Kyniska
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    Hi, I’m not an expert by any means, but I don’t think you’ll just be able to say “I love myself” and it’ll be true forever and ever. I think it’s a process and it sounds you’re on the right track. Some days will be harder than others, but lots of people who study it or write about it say that love is an action. As long as you’re making that effort for yourself, relaxing into who you are, I think you’ll just realize you love yourself, without having to ask. It shows in your actions towards yourself that you do.

    December 30, 2014 at 2:57 pm #70039
    Cianna Johnson
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    Loving yourself truly it means:

    Accepting yourself despite that you are not perfect.

    Forgiving yourself for past mistakes.

    Taking extra good care of yourself.

    Believing that you are a wonderful human being.

    Not caring too much about your looks and more about yourself.

    Trying your best to be a wonderful person and not one full of selfishness and disrespect.

    Not letting others bring you down.

    Using life experiences to help you mature more.

    Finally, being able to feel good inside and out about yourself.

    February 11, 2015 at 8:34 am #72628
    Will
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    “I understand that loving yourself has to do with completely accepting your thoughts and feelings and being compassionate toward yourself.”

    Ok, so according to your understanding you have to live up to the standard of completely accepting your thoughts and feelings. And at the same time you have to be compassionate towards yourself.

    Can you spot the contradiction? I think this explains why you doubt yourself. Seems to me like you’ve got this self-love thing down. Time for the next step: everyone else.

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