This one goes out to my fellow serial self-haters. Today is Valentine’s Day – a day of love, so let’s use this day of love as a reminder to show ourselves some love as well. As someone on a continued journey of self-acceptance, I’ve come to understand just how important it is to be patient and compassionate with ourselves. And the concept of self-love sounds easy enough – “Okay, I’m just going to love myself today. Done.”. The actual doing of it is a bit more complicated. It takes practice and a willingness to make ourselves a priority. We must want to love ourselves. And the thing about self-hate is it keeps us in a cycle of negative thinking and feeling unworthy. Which is why I want today to serve as a reminder to choose you.
Let’s make a pact to choose ourselves, to make the effort to put ourselves first. To be kind to ourselves. To build our self-love.
what self-love isn’t:
- an egotistical kind of love, or
- one that shuts out the world
what self-love is:
- a love that’s patient
- a love that builds you up and makes you stronger
- a love that’s kind
- a love that’s unconditional
You know, the kind of love we often yearn from others but neglect to give ourselves. So, with all that love you’ll be giving to others today, promise me to include yourself in that equation. Happy LOVE Day, lovely! ♡ Keep scrolling for some self-love quotes that will empower you and remind you that you are worthy of love – the kind that comes from you to you.
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Here are 10+ empowering quotes about self-love:
[1] “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.” – C. JoyBell C.
[2] “Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.” – Deborah Day
[3] “In your own life, it’s important to know how spectacular you are.” – Steve Maraboli
[4] “Stop trying to be less of who you are. Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back.” – Jennifer Elisabeth
[5] “I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” – Madonna
[6] “Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself – what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.” – Warsan Shire
[7] “The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” – Steve Maraboli
[8] “Being different is a revolving door in your life where secure people enter and insecure exit.” – Shannon L. Alder
[9] “If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” – Charles Bukowski
[10] “Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can’t accept who you are.” – Turcois Ominek
[11] “Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others” – Steve Maraboli
[12] “I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” – Rita Mae Brown
What are some of your favourite quotes about self-love? How will you be treating yourself this Valentine’s Day? What’s one thing you do that helps you build your self-love? I’d really love to hear – let me know below!
