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Updated 6 years ago,July 2, 2019
Sometimes self-love isnt about praising yourself.
Sometimes self-love isnt about being your own cheerleader.
Sometimes self-love isnt just about feeling happy in your own skin and with your own decisions.
Elijah Hiett
Are those concepts part of self-love?
Do those concepts encompass everything that self-love is?
Sometimes self-love means that we should dig deeper.
You should love yourself.
You should lift yourself up.
But honesty and self-reflection should be a part of that, too.
If youre not happy with your body, take a step back, and assess.
Are you eating healthily?
Are you demonizing or celebrating your relationship with food?
Are you drinking enough water?
What are your movements like during the day, the week, the month?
Only you’ve got the option to answer those questions.
Only you could decide if you must love yourself better.
If youre feeling unfulfilled at work, have you stopped to ask yourself why?
But when was the last time you wrote down what your talents were?
Self-reflection is a necessary component of job growth, too.
Are you getting what you need?
What are you giving to the ones you love?
Human connection takes work.
Do not settle for anything half-hearted.
But its also essential to reflect and check that that youre not giving half of your heart, either.
Maybe your soul is exhausted.
Perhaps you feel a sense of unrest.
When we love ourselves, we can love the people and the world around us better.
That pep-talk is essential, and its often needed.
But self-reflection and looking inward are part of self-love, too.
