Preamble to a new kinda Valentine's Day

Everywhere you look are red hearts in different sizes, styles, textures and more... Valentine's Day is going to be here soon. Everybody is focused on LOVE and different ways they are going to express it to a loved one, and are in anticipation of how a loved one is going to express it to them. LOVE, the beautiful emotion with a whole day dedicated to honoring and celebrating it, and honoring and celebrating a cherished relationship...

Here's a suggestion for doing it a little differently this year :-)... Instead of one, have two celebrations. The FIRST, and the more sacred one, with yourself! Fall in love again, with yourself. Make a date yourself. Buy yourself a gift - something you want, not something you need. Honor yourself by finding some quiet, quality time to listen to and talk to YOU. Look back on your life and commend yourself for some high moments when you were at your best - whether physically, emotionally, intellectually or spiritually.... when you did yourself proud. Congratulate yourself for having comre this far. If you are reading material of this nature, you haven't done badly at all. Give your recognition by a pat on your own back. And finally promise yourself that you will take still better care of yourself. Not better care of the physical part of youself that others see and admire, your outward appearance -- but better care of the authentic part of you... the part you REALLY are deep inside... the part that suffers when you move away from it.

And last but not least, you love-affair with yourself will remain incomplete until you forgive yourself for the shortcomings you see in yourself. Forgive them first... if you don't, others too will pick up on them and will certainly bring them to your notice by being critical and less than loving.

I hope this is enough to get you started on your plans - of making a date with yourself!

Kiki ;-)
P.S. My request to those who 'borrow' from this blog is to please give adequate credit to the source of the borrowed information - whether me, or books and people I quote from. Thank you.