LOVE AND RESPECT YOURSELF

When I first began to be aware that I need to love myself first prior to developing any meaningful relationships with others, I realized that I didn't know where to start. I subsequently realized that my external search was meant to fill the void and emptiness I had inside. Finding a good relationship with myself seemed an even harder task!

When you don't love and respect yourself, you are basically telling the world that you are unworthy or undeserving of any love or positive outcomes that have the same vibrational match as love. Respect is one of the most important quality in your relationship with anyone, and there is no exception when it comes to your relationship with yourself.

Self love and self respect encompasses a multitude of ideals, but it comes down to being the kind of person you are satisfied with showing the world and being someone that you and the people you care about are proud of.
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world: LUCILLE BALL

Self respect is about having a sense of honor and dignity about yourself, your choices, and your life. It is about treating others well and knowing that by doing so, others will treat well in return. If you have made mistakes in past that had caused you to feel less worthy, then you need to forgive yourself. All of us make mistakes; so there really is no need to beat yourself up over them. Also, if you have been carrying around a baggage of emotional hurt because of a childhood trauma, learn to forgive yourself.

 Self respect is about having  the courage to stand up for yourself when you are being treated in a manner that is less than what you deserve. It is about knowing your worth and having the ability to adjust your life and remove people from it if they are treating you poorly. If you have respect for yourself, you will naturally demand respect from others without having to do much of anything.

 Do you often berate yourself over the tiniest thing? Is there a little voice inside your head that often tells you that you are no good because you are stupid or make mistakes? If you find that you often judge yourself, make an effort to stop the self criticism.

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself, And that's political, in its most profound way: JUNE JORDAN