Category: love

Here is a special edition of this blog’s best posts on loving yourself more! 😉

LOVING YOURSELF THROUGH GOD’S EYES

In God’s eyes, there is no judgment, there is only acceptance. In God’s eyes, there is no pain too hard to bear nor weaknesses too weak to be overcome by His insurmountable strength.

God can embrace us wholeheartedly, opening us up yet sustaining us and healing us at the same time. God sees all our potentials. God sees our light when all that we can see are our shadows.

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NEVER LET YOURSELF DOWN

Never let yourself down. Take heart, for no matter how awful the accusations against you are, you are still a child of God.

This is the time when your love for yourself will be tested. Whether you will believe what others say about you, or whether you will stand your ground because you know yourself best.

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DIET AND LOVING YOURSELF

Today I’ve noticed how our diets are greatly related to our relationship with ourselves.

For instance, imagine for a moment being in charge of the food of your loved ones. Will you be happy if your loved ones almost starve themselves to death and deprive themselves of food that they enjoy? On the other hand, would you rather that they overeat and eat foods that will make them obese and kill them later on due to high blood pressure or diabetes? Of course not!

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SHOULD I FEEL GUILTY LOVING MYSELF?

It’s only the second day of my challenge to love myself more and I’m already feeling a bit guilty.

I’ve made quite a few purchases, expenses spent to pamper myself. In the evening, I’ve also continued applying a moisturizing lotion to my face. I wasn’t used to doing that before.

Now back to the “guilty” part. I wonder if we also feel guilty when we are being pampered or showered with gifts from our loved ones. Should we feel guilty?

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SEPARATING OUR MISTAKES FROM OUR SELF-IMAGE

When we make blunders, we feel we’re failures. When we have broken relationships, we feel we are broken too and worthless.

However, if we truly desire to improve our relationship with ourselves, we must learn to practice acknowledging our errors without eroding our overall belief in our worth.

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WHAT DO I LOVE ABOUT ME?

During this time of reflection, I’ve learned that I not only lacked love for myself. I’ve learned a shocking truth – that I’ve hated myself all these years. That was the reason I’ve found it easier to love other people. Because they were not as unlovable as me. But if I were to start out as a person apart from my current self, how do I become a friend to this person? What are the things I would appreciate in her? What do I love about me?

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We cannot love others
in the truest sense
of the word,
if we do not even know
how to love
ourselves.

If we truly wish to love,
to give generously and sincerely,
we must ensure that
we are holding out
our overflowing cups.

Not our half-empty ones
waiting to be filled.

How do I love myself? How do I learn to love myself more?

How do you know you are loved?

My friend,
you are dearly loved.
Even when you don’t feel it
sometimes;
Even when people fail to tell you
just how much you mean to
them;
Even when people don’t express it
the way you want them to.

How do you know you are loved? Below are some of the things worth exploring:

Sharing with you my blog’s “Top 12 Love Quotes”. If you want to read the entire article where I quoted them from, click the title or continue with the link after the quote.

To Love Is Difficult, Why Desire It?

“Difficult as it is, love is wonderful, and it is worth all the troubles other people may try to warn you about. Living a full life, risking to lose something wonderful. To love is indeed the one purpose a person desires to live his life for. Life always chooses to be born, to be experienced, and to be aware of the beautiful path we walk upon each day.”

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What If I’m Afraid To Love?

“Love, they say, is the complete opposite of fear. That thought worries me at times, because I cannot say that I’m that brave enough already to love. There are certain fears that still reside in my heart. But then again, when true love comes, it will certainly come as a mighty river, casting away all fears,making its way straight unto my heart! What is there to worry about when perfect love casts away all fears?”

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They Can Never Understand

“They can never understand
how two hearts can speak
without uttering a single word,
how two minds can understand,
without explaining a single thought.

Only LOVE speaks,
Only LOVE hears,
Only LOVE
can ever truly understand.”

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How Do You Recognize True Love?

“True love does not run away.
True love does not lose faith.
True love does not retreat
with the slightest discomfort.
True love endures.
True love heals.
True love overcomes all darkness
and all hopelessness.
You will never doubt true love when you see it.
You will just know.
You will BELIEVE.”

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Forget Not Love

“Forget not love.
Forget it not.
Thou shall forget everything
but let not love depart.
Love is your life’s meaning.
It is the bringer of light.
With love,
no day is lost,
no moment is meaningless.
Love remembers
Love shall remain in you
and you in love.”

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It Is Not Enough to Love

“It isn’t enough that a man should live
For a man must love;
It isn’t enough that a man should love
For a man should love fully
and be able to bear
both the pain
and the highest joys
of his love.”

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Will You Still Love Me Even If I’m Not Perfect?

“If you will love me I cannot promise you that I will not hurt you. I cannot promise you that I will not make you cry and that I’ll never break your heart. But if you will love me, I will bare my whole self naked before you, and I will reveal to you my soul. If you will love me, you can be certain that it is I that you will love, not a mask that fools you and gives you only what your eyes desire to see. If you will love me, you can be certain that you will love the depths of me, all of me that is in me, and I in turn will love you with all of me, with all my soul, with all my mind, with all my spirit, with all my flaws and beauty, and with all my very heart.”

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On The Nature of Love

“You lose yourself into love
but then you are never truly lost

You find oneness with the one you love
but in the process learn to discover yourself more

You are strengthened in love
You are defined in love

You can never be a better you apart from love
For only love unites in such a way
as to make the beautiful even more beautiful
and to make each lover stronger and purer than he or she could ever be alone.”

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Love Is Not Blind

“there is someone
who understands you,
who sees you
even more than you can see yourself

his eyes are like clear mirrors
reflecting to you
the you he loves and sees

and though you are afraid at first,
your fears are vanquished
and you are able to see through his eyes
what you were afraid to see

love is not blind after all
for love sees more
love sees what no other sees”

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Madly in Love?

“…the truth is
we have just begun to see
and that we have never been
of a more sound mind
the truth is
we have caught a glimpse
of God’s power
of the power of love
and with that power
all the Universe is ours
fear is no more
there is only LOVE.”

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You Are Loved

“You are loved
focus on that
breathe on that
live on that
move in that
daily
from one moment to the next
in your waking hours
in your dreams
in your imaginings
until no barrier exists
between yourself
and your lover
between God
and His beloved
until nothing can ever separate you
from the Love that lives forever
and transcends all things
all places
and all possibilities
You are loved
that is all that matters”

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Loving Broken People

“We cannot exempt ourselves from the world
while we are in the world,
and while we are in it
it is our lot to love broken men.
Yet how can we do it
when we are ourselves are broken,
and need to be assured
that we are loved
that we are accepted
for being the broken people that we are.”

100 Ways to Say I LOVE YOU:

1. Whispering sweet nothings into her ear.

2. Massaging her tired feet.

3. Painting her portrait.

4. Gently caressing her cheek.

5. Playing her a song.

6. Composing her a song.

7. Making her a poem.

8. Holding her hand.

9. Kissing her forehead.

10. Offering your hand when she gets off the car.

11. Saying, “You’re wonderful, do you know that?”

12. Saying, “I missed you, please stay by my side.”

13. Washing the dishes.

14. Cooking for dinner.

15. Taking care of the kids so she could go out with her friends.

16. Buying her a book she’ll love.

17. Taking her out to eat at her favorite place.

18. Massaging her hand.

19. Lending your shoulder when she feels sleepy.

20. Carrying her when she’s too tired to walk.

21. Saying, “You’ve made me into a different person.”

22. Saying, “Thanks for believing in me.”

23. Praising a meal she cooked.

24. Not making her worry.

25. Never making her wait.

26. Not complaining when she makes you wait sometimes.

27. Being honest.

28. Being responsible.

29. Treating her friends well.

30. Treating her family as your very own.

31. Buying her non-fat ice cream.

32. Buying her movie tickets for the latest romantic film.

33. Listening to her woes without trying to be Mr. Know-It-All.

34. Not holding the tv remote all the time.

35. Taking care of her when she’s sick.

36. Saying, “You’re one of a kind.”

37. Accompanying her when she likes to go shopping.

38. Helping her clean the house.

39. Making a mix-cd of her favorite songs.

40. Giving her the dog she’s always wanted to have.

41. Stargazing with her at the backyard.

42. Travelling somewhere you’ve never been.

43. Saying, “You smell wonderful!”

44. Asking, “What did I do to deserve this happiness?”

45. Framing her favorite photo.

46. Making her laugh.

47. Brewing her favorite cup of coffee.

48. Just being there when she feels sad or moody.

49. Being dependable, being trustworthy.

50. Being her own bestfriend and more!