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Self-love is as important
as oxygen in our life which is somewhat similar to the old saying “If we can't
love ourselves then we can't love others”. To live a healthy life, self- love
is important. There's also a saying, "God helps those who help
themselves". So, what I am trying to convey from the above inference is -
if you will love yourself, then only you'll be able to pass it on to your
parents, sister, brother, friend, and every other human in this world.
We get involved in our
daily life so much that we forget to take care of ourselves and its quite
obvious in this fast pacing world. It happens with everybody be it working
men/women or non-working, even students.
I am the eldest amongst my
siblings in my family so, I understand the responsibility that is implied to
me. I have to do household chores from cleaning to cooking, then have to deal
with the work stuff. My whole day is passed just like that. And during all
these things it is difficult to take time for yourself. We get just one day off
in a week for ourselves i.e. Sunday of course. But from my point of view, it is
necessary to give yourself time daily because it's human nature that we care
for our family more than we care for ourselves. Among all these daily stuff we
just forget ourselves. And now when we are in this lockdown and sitting at
home, why not just utilize this time on our family and our self. It's the best
way to utilize this time.
Neelam's Recipe
1.
Know yourself - The first step to start working on yourself is to know
yourself, explore yourself. Jot down your preferences, your hunger, your
desires, about the world, the people that surround you and, above all the
opinion you hold about yourself. This is for you to do. Don’t ask for other
people’s opinions. If you’ve been comparing yourself to others and try to
change as per others' opinion, you immediately need to stop that. And if you
want to improve, stop thinking and start exploring the inner you. Start to ask
yourself the “why" of things and examine certain attitudes of yours for
others. I have started this by myself. My father always says that change
happens when strong people take risks so start making small decisions without
the help or advice of others.
2.
Accept your emotions - You are not a slave to your emotions - even if it sometimes
feels, like it. Your reaction is your reaction not what others say or do. Your
emotions come from your thoughts, and you should learn that by now.
3.
Train to control your thoughts - Emotion is energy in motion, a physical
reaction to a thought. If you can control your thoughts, then you are capable
of controlling your emotions. Emotions are not "good or bad", every
emotion has its function: Fear protects you, anger allows you to defend
yourself, put limits on, and show others what bothers you, sadness allows you
to mourn and identify a lac, happiness allows you to feel great.
4.
Protect Yourself – Avoid people that sound fake and open the doors for the right
people into your life. You can easily sense that who acts as your friends and
take pleasure in your pain or loss rather than in your happiness and success.
My advice to you here is to get rid of them! There isn't enough time in your
life to waste on people who want to take away the shine on your face rather I
will say, you should love and respect yourself more.
5.
Learning to listen to yourself – When someone says listen to yourself, it
feels ridiculous how can we do that? But this means two things. Firstly, paying
attention to how you talk internally and this is going to be really crucial to
cultivate an intimate feeling of self-love. Secondly, in the emotional sense
sometimes you can get valuable feedback from yourself.
Hope you find the article interesting...
Please comment
your views and share your experiences.
Posted By – Neelam Saroj
