Loving ones self...

No fancy editing, or fun links on this one. Just being real about loving myself and I don't want to jive it all up with pretty little fonts and crap, just not in the mood. Please do comment on this if you are reading it, I would love to know how anyone thinks about this topic with regards to themselves. Thanks

I have had a lot of tests lately that have really made me look inside and say "hey, just how much love is in here?".

These moments have been happening more and more to the point that I really really now know that I need to pay more attention to it.

Do I love myself? In a word, yes. But there are parts of me, defeatist mentalities that would say otherwise. Those parts are so hard to shut off. I am trying to realize the necessity in not being active at "trying to shut them off" but in working for the change I want (i.e. looking in a damn mirror once in a while and saying "I love you").

Encouragement: This is a biggie for me. I LOVE giving encouragement, it is one thing that I think I have worked on over the years that I really really like about me. I have an amazing time being sincere. I love sincerity! In fact, I will say that my most sincere moments in life have been my best. Now, when you are decent at something, you look for it in others I imagine, cause that's what I do. I love encouraging words from others! I LOVE them! I used to ask others to not encourage me, cause I had some twisted mentality about it only boosting my ego... I'm over that, I realize that it doesn't work like that at all for me. It simply helps me distinguish what the word sees as good in my life, and that is very encouraging information to know, it helps me! :-)

Anyhow, ultimately, I now know that I need to tell myself I love me more. I need to tell others that I love how I love them too. Sometimes it is funny how people react when you tell them that, simply cause they are not told much by anyone... But I will still tell them.

I suppose when it comes down too it, loving myself in the right way is loving God that He created me. Loving the part of me that is God manifested in me... Wow. Thanks God.

Thanks for reading this post- I love you!