10 ways to learn the - Importance of Self-Love

                                  

Hello guys, I hope you all had a smashing weekend. Well, today we are going to talk about the most important topic of the era – “SELF-LOVE”. Yes, there was a great need to mention it in capitals so as to emphasize its importance.

How do you all see self-love as?

If you’re going to say, “Loving yourself”, then I’d definitely want to add many more dimensions to it. To have a look at my idea about self-love, Go ahead and read the complete blog post.

Before understanding the concept of love it is important to know what is love?

Do you guys know exactly?

Well, I don’t know what exactly love is. It is something that drowns me in my deep thoughts, but never was I able to find a perfect definition of love.

Whenever I start to think about, what love is, I usually get hit by some other words or apparently emotions which are: 

Care

Respect

Fairness

Harmony

Empathy

Affection

Acceptance

Consideration

Listening

Openness

And this imagination though has helped me strengthen my belief that, I don’t know what love is but I believe it being a beautiful blend of care, respect, fairness, harmony, empathy, affection, acceptance, consideration, listening to one another and openness.

These, I consider are the pillars that holds the roof of Love.

Now coming to our topic, i.e. self-love.

Self-love again is the mixture of care, respect, fairness, harmony, empathy, affection, acceptance, consideration, listening and openness towards self, which are needed to be stirred and whisked at regular intervals.

Here, I’ve tried to explain to you the difference between love and self-love through these different spectrum of emotions.

	Love	Self-Love
Care	Care for your loved one, for not because they need your protection but because you wish for their well-being.	Don’t rely on others for care. You’re good, independent and mature enough to take care of yourself not because you consider yourself as a burden or others’ think of you like this but because you can do this for yourself and choose yourself.
Respect	Respect your loved ones because he does so much for you, that you might just not even realize. Respect him/her for staying with you during your tough times.	Respect yourself for that is the biggest appreciation you can give yourself for all the hard work that you do to secure your future.
Fairness	Be fair and just with your loved ones. Hold the truth to its roots because that is eternal, be just with them because they have invested so much into you. Accept your faults and try to forgive.	Be fair to yourself because you have the mirror, you know very well what’s right and what’s wrong. Don’t bluff yourself. Accept your mistakes, and do whatever it takes to get better.
Harmony	Harmony with your loved ones is important for growth, remember that.	Harmony with oneself but with a calculative measure of wrong and right doing gives immense peace and you deserve that peace.
Empathy	Ask your loved ones if they ever feel low, maybe they want to share things with you or they just need you to be around them. Put yourself in their shoe and understand them.	Empathize with yourself by self-introspection. Understand your feelings and never ignore them, they are for a reason as well. Work on yourself and make yourself a better human.
Affection	Show your people how much you are fond of them, caress them and give them your tender warmth.	You also deserve the affection that you give others, so why not shower some warmth and love on yourself too?
Acceptance	Accept your loved ones for who they are. Accept them with their strengths and flaws. For acceptance keeps our mind at peace. Contribute to each others’ growth and make each other a better human being.	Accept yourself for who you are but don’t settle for less. To achieve your goals you need to give an extra push, an extra effort is always the key. Acceptance gives a reason to love yourself more but you can get better while loving yourself.
Consideration	Your loved ones are an integral part of your life. You are familiar with their thoughts, likes and dislikes, you know them well so consider them, consider their feelings. Try not to hurt them.	Be considerate for yourself because the perfect life that you’re longing is not that easy. Consider your present and your future. Consider taking calculative risks. But in the midst of all the mess, don’t forget to Consider yourself.
Listening	Listen to them too. Everyone likes to speak up about themselves, about their life, about their problems, about their thing. But “everyone” like this, so does your loved one. They are your priority, talk to them and listen to them. Maybe they really need you.	Listening to your inner soul is of utmost importance. Trust your instincts, they never fail. Believe if there’s one inner voice that’s telling you something because it’s true. Don’t leave it unrecognized. Whenever you do something, there’s this inner voice that tells you whether you’ve done the right thing or not. So, listen and act accordingly. Do the right thing.
Openness	Be open to new changes if they bring joy in your life as well as in the life of your loved ones. By being open I also suggest you give your lovelies the space that they need. Don’t be the center of their world, let them live in their own way and let them enjoy this beautiful journey with you.	Be open to new changes, new ideas, new thoughts, and new habits if they make a good difference in your life. Broaden the dimensions of your mind and always try to give it a new horizon of a new outlook. Maybe changing your perspective can make your world more beautiful.

 

 

Love

Let it fly

Open its wings

In the wide blue sky

Care

For yourself

Coz you deserve

Those infinite tries

Respect

Yourself as you

For you are the one just

Special and true

Fair

To yourself

You know the truth

As its all to oneself

Harmonize

With your thoughts

And your impulses all along

You deserve the peace that you’re waiting for so long

Empathize

With your soul

Because you know the cure

Heal them and just feel secure

Affection

Yes that you give

But the same you miss

From yourself, go ahead just fill that void

Accept

Yourself

As it’s the route

To the peace that needs to be understood

Consider

Wearing your own shoes

Never miss on those

Talks and laughs, consider yourself it’s not far apart

Listen

To the voice

That calls from within

That ties your bond to your soul and bling

Open

For change

For thoughts and beliefs

For you may fall down when they can give you a lift

 

I hope all of you have enjoyed reading this and were able to extract something worth. I hope you start to love yourself more because now you know it’s worth. This is what I think about self-love, please comment down below if you think differently. If you enjoyed this blog post, share it with your peers and do subscribe to The Lifezig.

 

Until next time…

Thank you!