Loving..giving & receiving

Did you ever stop to think about how special you are? As Gautama Buddha has said, "You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

Now, loving yourself doesn't mean being selfish or conceited. Self-love means recognizing your uniqueness. You are able to see your good points and not continually focus on what you see as "faults."

You're more open to change any negatives into positives, because you don't "blame" yourself or feel unworthy. It means you can see your own potential clearly. And after all, you can't give and receive love from others if you don't love yourself. When you can love and accept yourself as you are, nothing can stop you from achieving whatever you desire.

Comedienne Lucille Ball knew this very well. She said:

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to
love yourself to get anything done in this world."

To help you get the hang of this idea, here's a little exercise to practice with. Don't worry if you feel a little funny or self-conscious at first my friend, that's only natural. All you need is a mirror. Look directly into your eyes and say the following:

"I love and approve of myself just as I am."

It's a great way to both start and end your day.
John Lennon put it in a nutshell, in his whimsical way: "You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own god in your own temple.

It's all down to you, who ever you are.. really......

Good one Qbone. Finally, you figured it out. Congrats.

Clarification for mortal ones:

By self love, Qbone didn't mean to have sex with yourself (you naughty ones!), he merely mean to be in peace with yourself.

Now people, let's rock and roll!

Eh, where is my beer...

lol..

Qbone's post is a very fundamental part of therapy.In order to be in peace with oneself constant self growth is needed. Concentrating on positive has to be accompanied with overcoming, if possible, some personal drawbacks.

"By self love, Qbone didn't mean to have sex with yourself (you naughty ones!), he merely mean to be in peace with yourself." ~Haffo

"I'm the best I've ever had." ~Woody Allen

Haffo, sex is NOT naughty by the way...it is an expression of love! 😉

Dear Freebird

Sex is surely expression of love, but I limit it when it's done with someone else rather than yourself. I find this kind of "love" disgusting since the purporse of love is abused.

My dear freebird? (welcome back from England and hope you enjoyed your travel) missing you..— always..

Please do not darken your soul with this haffool..

His comments shows the degree of his foolishness.. a haffool..

A fool?as always..