

– To be successful in the long run, you must fail sometimes.

Focus less on winning the approval of others.This peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be. The most beautiful part of this journey is simply returning to the peaceful feeling of being. – Something that’s really difficult, but totally worth it, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the journey of becoming your true self. You get the idea – you’ve got to show yourself some love first and foremost. Our patience with others often reflects our patience with ourselves. Our ability to see potential in others often reflects our ability to see potential in ourselves. Our acceptance of others often reflects our acceptance of ourselves. Our disappointment in others often reflects our disappointment in ourselves. Because what we see in the mirror is often what we see in the world. You really have to look in the mirror and be kind. – In your own life it’s important to know how spectacular you are. Start telling yourself what you love about yourself.
When we have the courage to push through these walls – to know and embrace ourselves, despite our humanness, our flaws, and our rejections – we also open the door to connecting in more caring, empathic and intimate ways with others who are truly worth loving. What we must realize is that our greatest task is not about discovering self-love it’s about breaking down the walls we have built against it. We love the idea of others loving us, and we forget to love ourselves. We have to learn to be our own best friends, because sometimes we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies. And to be aware that not everyone we love will agree with us every step of the way, and to be OK with it. To stop discrediting ourselves for everything we aren’t, and start giving ourselves credit for everything we are. To be 100% honest about who we are, how we feel and what we need. Although this person asked to remain anonymous, they gave me permission to share this with you, and I’m so glad they did.īecause the greatest struggle in life is the struggle to accept, embrace and love ourselves, with all of our imperfections. Those are lines right out of a live chat session I had this morning with a longtime reader and new course member of ours. In a nutshell, I’ve chosen to love and honor myself, instead of convincing others to do it for me every day.” “Today I lost the respect of a few people I love, and the desire to kill myself, when I finally took your advice and told everyone the truth about who I really am and what I’ve decided to do with my life.

Learn to love yourself first, instead of loving the idea of other people loving you.
