Have you taken the Mirror Test?

Can you look deep into your eyes and say “I love you”

Can you keep gazing at yourself without feeling uncomfortable?

Can you accept your imperfections and say “I still love you”

Can you look at your body and promise yourself “I love you and I will do my best to look after you”

Can you forgive yourself for all the mistakes you have made in your life?

If you can, great! You are either healed or on the path to healing. If not, this is how you are going to heal yourself and become whole and complete. SELF-LOVE.

When we don’t love ourselves, we feel empty as if there is no purpose in life. We beg others for love , seek approval of others to feel valued, we look for company or other distractions to keep ourselves occupied. We suffer from loneliness and keep searching for the “perfect one” to complete us. In fact, we are bored of our own company. Caught in this illusion, we repeat cycle after cycle in search of happiness and end up feeling frustrated and disillusioned.

If you can identify this “pattern” it’s time to step out of the cycle and start loving yourself, accept yourself with all your imperfections, weirdness and craziness. Self-love is the “Road to Recovery”, to heal all the emotional wounds, to know our worthiness, realize the divine beings that we are and reclaim the power back.

Self-love is not selfish. It is sharing the same love and compassion that we have for others with our own selves too. If we cannot love ourselves, how on earth can we love others?   

Note to Self : Clinging is NOT love.

Words by Me

Image Credit: The Artist