What is it that you want to give to the people you love? Notice if when you thought of the people you love, you forgot to think about yourself. The reason many people crave the things that we want to give to others is because we so often forget to give ourselves those very things.

You can't give what you don't have. If you want to give your best support, love, or care to someone, you have to support, love, and care for yourself. It's selfish to put your needs before others, but when you look at selfish as taking care of self first, it's the best form of action you can take to give yourself and others a better life.

The more you are giving yourself, the more you can give to others. This is because you give and attract what you are, and what you are is a product of what you repeatedly do. "You don't attract what you want, you attract what you are..........If anger, pain, and fear come out of you, it's because that's what's inside." -Wayne Dyer.

Give yourself what you want to give to others, so you can help the people you love, yourself included!

By caring about yourself and your needs, and focusing your thoughts in ways that can uplift you, you not only enhance your wellbeing, but you enlighten those around you, and in turn, those around you will fulfill you in new ways. These shifts in thoughts and behaviors take time, but through persistence, positivity, and patience, your relationships will begin to evolve.

What do you want to give to the people you care about most? Love, support, laughter? Whatever it may be, do something every day this week to give yourself more of that. Another great tip to consciously make your life a masterpiece is affirmation cards. By repeatedly reading affirmations, you begin to develop that belief in your unconscious mind and can more easily manifest the relationships you want.

Mindartists mini challenge: Write "All of my relationships are satisfying to me." on an index card, and read it several times a day for the next month, while imagining the relationships you want for about three minutes. Write several more affirmations on separate index cards with other affirmations for other areas of your life, and follow the same procedure. Ex: "Everything is always working out for me." "Money flows easily to me." "I am beautiful and worthy of all that I want."