Love yourself. Itâ™s a good thing to do. Itâ™s an honest thing to do. Itâ™s what youâ™d do if you were really sane. Look around. Doesnâ™t it seem like most people are at least a little INSANE? And what is at the root of this insanity? A part of it is the lack of self-love.

Can you imagine how different the world would be if people werenâ™t so disgusted with themselves; if they werenâ™t so unforgiving and critical of themselves? Well, maybe you can do your part a little more, by loving yourself a little more.

If this is difficult, then think back to when you were a little boy or girl. See you, when you were say, six or seven years old. Now, certainly that little boy or girl deserved all the love that is possible to have, but Iâ™m sure he or she didnâ™t get all the love. So, do this. In your mind, love that little YOU as much as possible. Tell that little you that he or she is a wonderful, deserving, absolutely worthwhile loveable child, because he or she is. (You know this is true.)

Do you know what this means? It really means, so are you NOW. You haven't changed so much, even if you're 90. You're just a bigger little child. And contrary to what youâ™ve often been taught, you don't have to know more, or be more, or do more to deserve love, any more than you did, when you were that little guy or girl. You always deserved love, whether you got it or not. And you still do. So, give yourself big doses of it now.

Do you know what happens when you give yourself a big dose of love? Well, you may remember what it felt like when your mom or dad lifted you up in the air, or gave you a big hug, or in some other wonderful way they let you knew how lovely you were. It empowered you. It gave you new strength and energy. It ignited faith in you. It gave you a greater vision, let you suddenly see greater possibilities for yourself, but also for others, and for the world.

You can give yourself this kind of love too, you know. You can lift yourself up mentally, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Again Iâ™ll say, you donâ™t have to know more, or be more, or do more to deserve love. But if you love more, you will certainly be able to know more, be more and do more.

Phil

Thanks, Phil. I've read so many of your posts and they always help me to look at things from a little different angle. They are always so uplifting.

What you say is so true. We need to know that it is okay to love ourselves. In fact, how can we possibly love anyone else if we don't love ourselves first. Not in a vain way of course, but just in an accepting, empowering way.

Again much gratitude for the post. Peace to all.

June

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"You can give yourself this kind of love too, you know. You can lift yourself up mentally, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Again Iâ™ll say, you donâ™t have to know more, or be more, or do more to deserve love. But if you love more, you will certainly be able to know more, be more and do more".

I met with two friends last night in the sanctuary of our church and we did a very long "loving kindness-meditation". I experienced exactly what Phil said!

Do it guys!!!!!

Love yourself and everybody, unconditionally, anyway ...
Horst

Hi Phil,

Great post. A few years back I was dealing with some self esteem issues so I took a course on self esteem and it was very beneficial to me. As a matter of fact it was the beginning of the spiritual path which I am now on. Anyway, at the time the person teaching the class told us that while we little and growing up things happened to us either from parents, other adults, teachers, other children that made us feel and think that we were less than we really were. He suggested to us to get a picture of us when we were a little child and place it somewhere we can see it and to look at it and ask yourself "Doesn't this child deserve all the love there is?" "How can anyone not love this child?" Needless to say I have on my desk and have had it for years a picture of me when I was about 4 years old which I look at all the time. And it does work! Phil it does work and it has to start with us loving ourselves first.