20/02/2021
Today I want to throw some ideas out there about self-love affirmations.
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Lately I’ve been thinking about the verse: love others as you love yourself. But the question that keeps nagging me from that is actually: do I love myself as I love others??
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In 2021, I have been working on growing in love and acceptance for myself. This comes in a lot of shapes and forms, but lately this verse has been nagging at me.
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So I started brainstorming ways to infuse more love for myself into my mind and heart. Are you like me - so quick to give love, acceptance, and compassion to others but much more reluctant to give that to yourself?
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If so, here’s a tangible way I am working to show love to myself. (My love language is words of affirmations - so this is a way that I can give myself affirmation and love in that way).
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1. Google “self-love affirmations”. I found a list of 100 affirmations.
2. Read through them with a note pad, writing down the ones that resonate most with you. I also added some as I went along that I thought I needed.
3. Refine your list by crossing off any that you find overly repetitive. (Totally optional!)
4. I chose to divide them into morning and evening since I had a list of around 30. So I went through and labeled which ones I thought fit better for a morning or an evening practice. (Again, optional! This is just how I went about it!)
5. Rewrite the morning and evening onto separate pieces of paper.
6. Place each paper where you will see it! I placed my morning sheet in my Bible for my morning routine and my evening sheet on my bedside table. Other places could be your bathroom mirror, by your coffee pot, just pick a place that is already a part of your routine!
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I’m excited to see how this practice will impact my life! Any time something keeps coming to mind, I take it as a God nudge. And I have been feeling the nudge to take action into loving myself as I love others.
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Do you struggle with extending the same love to yourself as you extend to your friends, family, or even strangers? Do you have any practices to increase your love for yourself? I’d love to hear!