Self-love means practicing the art of receiving.
If you want to feel loved and give from a place of that love, you must be willing to receive love, which means you must learn how to offer love to yourself.
Compliment yourself when you do something well.
Offer forgiveness to yourself when you feel you have done something wrong or “bad.”
Congratulate yourself when you take a risk (no matter how it turned out).
Have compassion for yourself when you act out of pain or fear.
Afford yourself the understanding that you are doing the best with what you know and that you are still learning.
With self-love, you discover that giving and receiving are inseparable energies.
As your love for yourself grows larger and deeper, your ability to offer that same love to others grows larger and deeper.
To create a Self- fulfilling prophecy of the best kind learn to receive love from the most important person in your life -you!
Until next time be the light the world needs and stay in love for all.
Joffre McClung is the author of two books, How Learning to Say Goodbye Taught Me How to Live ( Kirkus Indie Reviews “Heartfelt reflections on the lessons and strength to be gained from grief and loss….A thoughtful think piece.”) and The Heart of the Matter ( A Workbook and Guide to Finding Your Way Back to Self-Love) due out in spring of 2017.