Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Finding True Love Starts With Self Love

Valentine's Day is here and it is all about love. Finding A True Love. Being Loved By Another. Imagining What it Feels Like When You Finally Find THE ONE LOVE of your life.

The thing about Valentine's Day love is that all of the love comes from outside of ourselves. It comes from class mates, boyfriends, partners, spouses...even just a glance from a friendly stranger can be enough to throw us into a tizzy on Valentine's Day. There is validation when we are loved by others. Yet, the greatest, most important love any of us can experience is the love we have FOR ourselves. Self love is overlooked and undervalued. In order to accept love from outside of ourselves, from others, we must accept and love ourselves completely for who we are and where we have been in our lifetime.

There are three great truths when it comes to love:

(1) First true love is irreplaceable in one's heart.

(2) Great love is impossible to put into words, it can only be felt.

(3) Self love is the most difficult love to find, but the most important to have in your life.