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Practicing Self Love Starts By Noticing What You Have

Look at the mirror, and appreciate what God has given you.

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Practicing Self Love Starts By Noticing What You Have
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You are alive today, with the sun shines brightly through the window and hear the sound of the wind swirling. You took a deep breath and waked yourself up. You get into your morning routines, getting ready and serve your breakfast on your own. You notice you still live with a roof over your head, have food to eat, and water to drink.

You still took your life for granted.

What you do instead, you see through your phone, getting accustomed to involuntarily checking your social media and emails. You are so attached to the world that is temporary and artificial.

You see through the post that girl just posted, wishing that you had a body like her. You would kill to be her. And then, you see a boy shared his accomplishment getting a 3.94/4.00 GPA on a math degree, and you wish to be him and have that kind of achievement in your life. You then, check your email, you wonder why do you have so much to do. You wake up, feeling miserable.

You contemplate again and again.

You think you can’t be that person, you start believing you can’t be “it.” You doubt yourself, you think that other people are better than you. Forgetting, you being alive should be encouraging enough for you to make today a better day.

Rather than whine of what you don’t have, work for your own future. It will work out with a perfect timing. Those people who are successful don’t get what they have and be where they are now just by luck or by the time they spend sleeping and lying around on their couch. They got where they are from the constant hard work and faith they put on their work.

The girl that is fit, work hard for that toned body, goes to the gym and eat right. She could not eat that ice cream from Baskin Robbins sometimes, it is sacrifices that she is willing to make. She sacrifices her time and money to go to the gym. The boy that got 3.94/4.00 GPA works 24/7 to get the grade he deserves, he spends his time mostly at the library. They stick it out to get what they have.

Even Ellon Musk was not successful in flying his SpaceX rocket until many trials, some burn and didn’t make it to mars but he didn’t give up.

You should look in the mirror and see. Tell yourself about what you like about yourself when you see in the mirror. It can be anything from the teeth that you just brush and feels clean, your hair that is easy to brush, your eyeliner that lined perfectly, your body scent that smells nice from the cologne you just wore and the lips that are moist after applying lip balm on them.

You can list all of the accomplishment you want to have in the future, but also, don’t forget to list all of the achievements you already have in life and be proud of that.

You are not as inadequate as you think, you are more than the negative thoughts you have. Keep moving forward and with faith you will reach the rest of the way.

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