“Whatever you are doing, love yourself doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it.” – Thaddeus Golas
How rarely do you remember to look in a mirror and reflect, not to see how you look but to stop and take a minute to reflect on the inner you? And when you do, what do you see? A person who loves themselves will say that they smile at this reflection because they know that this is precious. A strong sense of the self and an ability to love yourself is a very important if not a courageous thing to achieve. Have a look at some things that happen when you love yourself.
1. Enjoy Your Company
The first change you see in yourself when you start embracing yourself is how you enjoy your own company. You will lose the incessant need to surround yourself with people just so that you wouldn’t get bored. When you love yourself, you want to stay and indulge in things that make you happy such as reading, watching movies, walking, listening to your favourite songs and much more.
No matter what people say, it’s not sad if it makes you happy. Find a movie to watch, a book to indulge in or a sports activity for much-needed exertion. Ultimately, you realize you don’t care what people will think about you or what you do and that welcomes joy in you.
2. Connect with Your Inner Self
Once you find what calms you and brings inner joy, it brings you one step closer to connecting with the deeper self. One of the important reasons why you should have a connection there is to let it guide you towards things that matter to you the most.
If you are an outgoing personality, it will find a way for you to bring in positivity wherever you go. An indoor person can bring peace and light into their surroundings because they are not confused or wondering about who they are, they already know.
3. Strengthen Relationships
Seeking validation is a negative trait found in people who are not really in sync with their inner self. Once you learn how to love yourself, it makes it easier to let go of self-doubt, seeking attention and needing the constant presence of people around them. That will drive people away from you confused about who you are.
Loving yourself helps you to strengthen the relationships with the people that matter as they see you as a confident, self-aware and positive self that holds more value than anything else. This kind of person is a delight to be with and not the other way around.
4. Eliminating Toxic People
Building connections and relationships are not always easy but even harder is to let go of toxic people from around you. These people never let you grow and pulls you down stopping you from finding confidence in yourself.
We often make mistakes by bringing this kind of people in our lives because we are not enough for ourselves and seeking attention to feel welcomed. But the truth is, once you start loving yourself, you find yourself surrounded with happy, positive, motivating and true people.
5. Make Courageous Decisions
Confidence and self-courage go hand in hand, especially once you have met the real person inside you. Since you believe in yourself and your abilities, it becomes easier to make courageous and hard decisions without doubts and insecurities. You love yourself, and more than anything you believe in yourself now and no matter what happens, you will push through with newfound self-esteem and strength that you never realized you had. And that makes you stronger to find new things that you had the dream to pursue and the courage to go after.
It starts feeling like you are destined for new and improved things because you know that you deserve them and have worked hard, and no one can tell you any different.
The power of self-loving and believing starts with a small change but can brighten up your life and of the people around you. It is very easy to get demotivated and challenged by toxic people around you, but the best way to defeat them is with a strong and beautiful relationship with your inner self.
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