For the majority of us, self care is usually at the bottom of our to do list or sometimes it’s not even there at all. Our days are focused on giving ourselves in service to others, creating, learning, living, being and doing. Until at the end of the day we realize that we’re just exhausted and we had no time to give to ourselves much of anything.
As I’ve experienced this in my life, I’ve started to realize that self care Self care is a spiritual practice. I believe that as we practice loving ourselves, we will be able to make our connection to God even stronger. Self-care and self-love is the foundation of all spiritual practices. If we don’t honor ourselves, we can’t possibly honor our oneness with God and all of His creations. If we don’t care for ourselves, we are unable to serve others from the empty well. If we don’t see that we are a magnificent reflection of God, of His love and of His goodness then we can’t be God’s magnificent reflection in the world.
As we’re able to love ourselves and to see the light of God flowing within us, we will be better able to express more love for ourselves and for others. It will become easier to make wise choices about the way we spend our time, how much time we spend on social media, what we choose to do with our time or the ways in which we choose to strengthen our body, mind and spirit daily.
We can only become what we accept ourselves as being. So let’s accept our magnificence, our divine connection to God. Our ability to love ourselves MORE and to give more fully to ourselves and to those around us.
Here are a few things that we can practice in the world around us.
💖 Be kind in the way that you think of yourself. Edit out any negative or unkind thoughts.
💖 Be kind to your body in all ways, fueling it with healthy foods, exercise and plenty of joyful activity.
💖 Be kind to yourself by seeing your spirit as a radiant, powerful expression of God‘s love.
💖 Be kind to yourself by taking downtime when your mind, body and spirit requested from you. You will know when you feel resistance-that feeling of dragging yourself from one event to the other. Remember to stop, check in with yourself, get present, take some deep breaths and treat yourself as a beloved child of God. Listen for His wisdom and all else will be accomplished with greater ease.
💖 Lovingly remind yourself that it’s important to care for yourself and that you deserve some time each day for that. You can also say to yourself; I lovingly care for myself knowing that I am a child of God, radiant powerful and beautiful. When I am clear and healthy, I enjoy life more deeply and I love others more fully.
Love you all and I hope that you can grow that love within yourself 💖🙏🏼🥰 You’re in control of your thoughts, feelings and actions. Make them work for your benefit and God will bless you for your good efforts. Tonight we will focus on loving ourselves by taking some time to strengthen our Body, Mind and Spirit. Hope that you can make it at 6:30pm & do this for yourself. 💪🏼🥰💛
Love,
Lili 🌸
Dear Lili
I have always put myself in the back burner to everyone and everything. I felt that was where was to be. Now that my kids are grown and I am single again I feel that I have time for myself. That I can take care of myself and do for myself. It’s taken a long time but I guess it’s my time. I am still having a hard time accepting myself still feel not as attractive or feel conscious of my body. But God forgive me for that cause he created me in his image and knowing that I should feel beautiful. They say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I feel beautiful when I know God is with me. I still am working on myself to feel confident of myself , and to work on my issues that I need to work on. I guess I grew looking at my faults instead of the image God made of himself in me.
God bless
Love Margie