I like myself because I laugh easily and love to make other people smile. These characteristics mightn’t be of importance to you personally, but they’re things that make me feel good about myself. Talking yourself up isn’t always something that’s smiled upon. At least not where I’m from anyway. You’re most likely to be given that fake smile and then hear the gossip mill give you feedback that you’re full of yourself.
Face slap…..
But there is value in expressing what you like about yourself in a safe environment. It’s a wildly underrated tool for increasing your own self-esteem and making yourself feel good.
Feeling good is your birth right, yet so many of us seem to have a degree of guilt around it.
Ditch the guilt.
Think about it, when was the last time you openly expressed to anyone even one reason why you liked yourself? You can’t remember can you? The real value in reminding yourself what you love about your awesome soul is personal anyhow. It’s a way of building up your self-love bank and depositing more evidence of why you’re so damn special.
Shouting it from the rooftops when you lack belief in yourself can be detrimental to your personal growth. Why waste time fighting the haters, or the passive aggressive people who want to slap you down with a smile on their face, or even receiving love and support might feel overwhelming if you’re not ready for it.
If you’re just starting your journey, a great place to begin is the mirror.
Warning – this can be about as comfortable as standing on stage naked….
It doesn’t have to be a stage worthy production. Just you and the mirror, looking at yourself in the eye having a casual, but candid, conversation.
I like myself because….
Just come up with one thing to begin with.
I like myself because…
Don’t underestimate how challenging this might feel for you. It may be a breeze, but on the other hand it can bring up a lot of internal shit that you didn’t even know existed. So much of what happens to us in life we brush over or repress. It’s not until we actually stop and give ourselves a safe place to dig into our thoughts and feelings, that we open the passage to our own truths of what has happened in our lives.
Let me share a few more reasons why I like myself.
I like myself because I’ve faced the adversities in my marriage head on and grown each time because of this.
I like myself because when I stop and really focus on being present, I can feel what other people are really saying to me, regardless of the words they are speaking.
I like myself because I am constantly changing. The more I learn about myself, the easier it becomes to say No to the people, situations and things that aren’t serving me.
I like myself because I am imperfect. Most of the time I honestly don’t know what I’m doing. But regardless of this, I keep trusting my instincts, listening to my intuition and following my heart.
So, what do you like about yourself?