What is self-love? As Pipher once said, "Your desire to communicate originates from some internal combustion of intellect, heart, and experience" (pg. 69). The heart of it all is what makes your story and you unique. As I'm struggling to reap the benefits of this week's ted talks about self-love from Caira Lee, I realize that a lot of the infestations in my mind come from doubt of other people. The doubt that someone has when they think that they're not good enough for their significant other, the doubt that someone has when they write a birthday card and realize it's not sentimental enough - or too sentimental. When is anything an even balance of both good and bad? It feels as though we're always struggling to find the balance because when we're too happy, we know sometime later we're going to be sad or that this moment doesn't last. I've learned to grasp onto memories, as I'm told things changing are consistent. By looking and keeping onto those memories you're able to take all the good and love what you loved and learn the good about yourself. That maybe we're not so worthless or small.
All of those doubts are so minuscule compared to the struggles others have.
Someone who walks will be jealous of the person on the bike, the person on the bike will be jealous of the person driving a car, the person in the car will be jealous of the person driving a luxury vehicle, the luxury vehicle driver will be jealous of having a driver... and so forth. This is internal and can be switched if we let it. Let the jealousy and pain go. None of it is real, it's all a facade humans create to compete. We are not as bad as we think we are. We are the best versions of ourselves then we were yesterday.
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