We often think about love as an emotion; elated feelings of joy, warmth, and fullness. Visions of love include hearts, cupids, roses, and kisses. I believe love is an attitude, kindness, respect, and admiration. It is also an action: helping, supporting, and communicating.
There is even a theory that we each have a love language; gifts, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service and physical touch. (Gary Chapman)
Whatever love means to each of us, we need to transfer the goodness of emotion, attitude or action to ourselves. We must love ourselves first! We cannot give away something we don't have.
Allow yourself to feel positive emotions about your thoughts, choices, and desires. Every day, do some nice things for yourself; long walk, hot bath, phone call to a friend. Know your own love language so you can ask for what you want, but more importantly, you can do for yourself what you want others to do for you.
Until the next time: Live while you live!
Call 911, without hesitation, if you are in danger of hurting yourself or someone else.
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