ONESELF

RELATIONSHIP

So in keeping with my blog idea today I wanted to talk about relationships. Today’s topic is something that I still need to put a lot of work into. A relationship with myself. For me this relationship is constantly growing and changing.

I heard a saying onetime that before you can truly love someone else you need to love yourself first. This to me makes a lot of sense, learning to love myself is how I learn to love others. I definitely love my family and friends but learning to love myself takes it to a deeper level.

With loving myself it involves a lot of different aspects. I am learning to aspect myself as I am defects of character and all. Acknowledging my defects of character reminds me that I need to work on them but also I am not perfect. Also part of loving myself is self care. This is truly an area I struggle with. I view taking care of myself as selfish. I am learning though that self-care is not selfish, it is selfless. Taking care of myself first allows me to be there for others.