I often start and delete and re-start blog posts anymore. There are so many things I want to tell people, to tell all of you, that sometimes it’s overwhelming for me. It can be hard to wrap my mind around how to say the things I want to say to you.
The hardest thing about loving yourself is on the days when it isn’t an easy thing to accomplish. You know, some days you can wake up in the morning and you like the way your hair turns out and you like the way your perfume smells and you feel well and everything feels right. It’s easy to love yourself on those days.
On the days when you wake up and your hair doesn’t look right, or your clothes don’t fit right, or you just don’t feel as though you can be loved, it can be extremely hard to love yourself. I know, I’ve been there.
The reason I tell you this, and the reason I’ve started and re-started this post, is that often I don’t feel that I have any tips or tricks to solve this. I’ve spent a lot of time working on myself and trying to love myself even on the bad days, but I’m not always good at it. Often, I’d much rather lay in bed and read books than try to improve my health or my self, and some weekends I give in to that. It can be hard not to.
And here’s the thing that I finally realized – sometimes that is what it means to love yourself. If you love reading, and it feels like home to you, then on some days you need to allow yourself to curl up in bed and read. If you love cooking, do that. If you love running, do that. Find the things that make you feel as if nothing else is wrong. Love yourself that way.
I hope, if you’re struggling today, you can find a way to love yourself. Whether that means taking the time to drink something warm & delicious, or read a good book, or watch a good TV show, find the thing that makes you feel warm and comfy on the inside. Even if you go to sleep at the end of the day still feeling down, know that you found a way to love yourself today.
And don’t forget, I love you.
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