Treat yourself like you would someone you are responsible for helping



From personal experience I have often found it very hard to give myself the same love and care that I give to other people. I believe that many of us go through the same thing were we neither know what self love is or how to love yourself. We try to be everything to everyone else except ourselves and this tends to make us bitter and ungrateful because we indirectly expect the same level of love and care from the people we are giving it. This part of the book (12 rules for life, Jordan Peterson) breaks down the whole idea of self love and self care.

It is very important for us to remember that in order for us to fill others' cups we need to fill our own cups first before we can even think of others. Brother Jesus said it best when he said "How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. " ~ Matthew 7 vs 4-5. The whole concept here is the only way you can truly help others is by helping yourself and the world will be a much better place.



By treating yourself like someone you are responsible for helping you are going to do anything possible to make sure that the person you are helping who is also the person in the mirror succeeds. Here are a few pointers which I compiled which I feel may be a good starting point n your journey to completely loving yourself :

  • Get rid of all the bad habits
  • Get in good shape by exercising or working out
  • Eat healthy food
  • Read a lot of books. "The more you learn the more you earn" ~ Warren Buffet
  • Affirm yourself all the time.
  • Talk to yourself like you would someone you love.


Remember self love is not selfish...you can not truly love another until you love yourself. Just imagine if all the energy, care, attention and love you give to others could be transferred to you how beautiful your life would be. Also imagine how much more you would be able to give others once you are full of love yourself. Have a blessed week and Thank God its Monday.

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