Affirmations:
I choose what is best for me.
I live my life true to me purpose, path and priciples.
I honor myself by serving my whole self.
I learn from everyone and everything.
Are
You Ready to Quit?
Before
you end your job, your relationship, your life as you know it, complete what
you started.
Honor your self with
closure and completion.
Before you step away
from a relationship, an institution, a friendship or project, say what you
mean.
Honor your
investment and see what you have learned and invested.
Before
you walk away with regret or sorrow, be true to yourself and your values.
Assess what were the
regrets and mistakes made and the lessons not learned.
Sometimes we stay
too long and try too hard.
Sometimes we leave
too soon and never learn.
Before
you quit on your commitment, give yourself the opportunity to teach and learn.
Before you move
away, clean up the messes to be willing to give and receive what was not done.
Change is the
opportunity to forgive and heal it all.
Transformation is
the gift we receive when we give our all.
Honorable
closure included communicating the learning, regrets, challenges and
appreciation.
Start by writing
your letters describing what was your experience.
Give yourself the
opportunity to say it all to those who would listen.
Take responsibility
for what you think and feel, need and want.
Life
offers lessons.
Lessons are for us
to learn about ourselves.
When we learn who we
are, we can choose what is good for us.
When we choose what
is good for us, we are happy and fulfilled.
There
is no need to change another.
We are here to be
able to respond to our own needs and wants.
We can learn in
relationship what works for us.
We can choose what
is good for us and let go of what is not good.
It
is not the person or project, the agreement or investment, that needs to be
honored.
We are here to learn
how to honor ourselves.
We are to awaken to
what is our purpose, our values, our gifts and talents.
We are here to honor
our authentic selves.
When
we serve others to change them or the circumstances, we lose our way..
When we live
according to someone else’s demands or needs, we forget ourselves.
When we stop being
the Love we are, we forsake our Calling and our Joy.
When we stay where
we are not wanted, we believe we should do more.
What
if we are just right the way we are.
What if we need to
be true to ourselves.
What if we can
create the best situation for us.
What if we must
love, respect and trust ourselves.
Loving
us all in honoring ourselves.
Betty Lue
From
Louise Hay ©1988
How To Love Yourself
1.
STOP ALL CRITICISM
Criticism never changes a thing. Refuse to criticize yourself. Accept
yourself exactly as you are. Everybody changes. When you criticize yourself,
your changes are negative. When you approve of yourself, your changes are
positive.
2. DON’T
SCARE YOURSELF
Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts. It’s a dreadful way to live.
Find a mental image that gives you pleasure (mine is yellow roses), and
immediately switch your scary thought to a pleasure thought.
3. BE
GENTLE AND KIND AND PATIENT
Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself. Be patient with yourself as
you learn the new ways of thinking. Treat yourself as you would someone you
really loved.
4. PRAISE
YOURSELF
Criticism breaks down the inner spirit. Praise builds it up. Praise
yourself as much as you can. Tell yourself how well you are doing with every
little thing.
5. BE
KIND TO YOUR MIND
Self hatred is only hating your own thoughts. Don’t hate yourself for
having the thoughts. Gently change your thoughts.
6. SUPPORT
YOURSELF
Find ways to support yourself. Reach out to friends and allow them to help
you. It is being strong to ask for help when you need it.
7. BE
LOVING TO YOUR NEGATIVES
Acknowledge that you created them to fulfill a need. Now you are finding
new, positive ways to fulfill those needs. So, lovingly release the old
negative patterns.
8. TAKE
CARE OF YOUR BODY
Learn about nutrition. What kind of fuel does your body need to have
optimum energy and vitality? Learn about exercise. What kind of exercise can
you enjoy? Cherish and revere the temple you live in.
9. MIRROR
WORK
Look into your eyes often. Express this growing sense of love you have for
yourself. Forgive yourself looking into the mirror. Talk to your parents
looking into the mirror. Forgive them too. At least once a day say: “I love
you, I really love you!”
10. LOVE
YOURSELF...DO IT NOW
Don’t wait until you get well, or lose the weight, or get the new job, or the new relationship. Begin now, and do the best you can.
Don’t wait until you get well, or lose the weight, or get the new job, or the new relationship. Begin now, and do the best you can.