The Importance of self-love
The Importance of self-love
You cannot truly love another unless you first have self-love. Opening your heart chakra is a beautiful way to awaken in you, self-love, love for others and love for life.
Some people confuse self-love with arrogance or self-importance. However nothing could be further from the truth. Someone who is very arrogant is likely to have very little acceptance of themselves and usually suffers from low self-esteem, they use there arrogance to hide they low self-esteem issues, often even from themselves.
It may sound harsh but without self-love, the love you feel for another is often more about manipulation, than it is about true love. You may fall in love with someone because of what you think they can give you, or a fantasy you have about how they will treat you. Love is more about what you can get rather than what you can give. And if you are giving, you are usually giving to get something in return.
When you come from a place of self-love and self-acceptance you come from a place of compassion, forgiveness and understanding. As when you have self-love you are secure in yourself and you do need to pander to others to build your self-esteem. You live with an open heart, which allows in great joy, and this may sound strange until you experience it, you have space around you. In this space you are free to be yourself, and you have the knowing that everything is right in your world. You may still have problems, but it feels like you have a buffer zone all around you, and your problems don’t stress you as much as they could. You simply feel good because you are alive and you know you are up for any challenges that come your way.
In my next post we will look at ways of increasing your self-love
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