I love myself. Shocker, I know - you’re not supposed to say things like that out loud. But I really do, I love me.
AND THAT’S OKAY.
There is this stigma against people who think highly of themselves and I have no earthly idea why. There is a huge difference between hubris and simply reminding yourself that you are amazing.
It is merely reminding yourself that you are proud of yourself and you love yourself. And guess what? It is a million times better than talking down to yourself.
It is so incredibly important to remind yourself each and everyday that you are strong, beautiful, and worthy. Once a day, in a quiet moment, admit to yourself that you are good. We NEED these silent affirmations.
Because what happens if we don’t silently affirm to ourselves our value? We start to doubt that value. We begin to speak poorly to ourselves. The “I am strong” becomes “I can’t do anything.” The “I am beautiful” becomes “I’m the ugliest person I know.”
Like seriously. When did we, as a society, reach a point where it was unacceptable to tell yourself that you are proud of who you are, you are strong, and you are worthy?
That’s why we have forced beauty acceptance campaigns - because people don’t know how to love themselves. When you know how to love yourself, it doesn’t matter what anyone says or does because YOU know your worth.
Everyday, I remind myself of these three things:
I am able, I am strong, and I am worthy.
If you don’t reaffirm to yourself, it won’t matter what any positive comment someone says about you. What will matter is all the negative. Every single negative thing someone says about you will hit you that much harder.
But when you KNOW that you are worth so much more, any negative thing will not matter.