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. Check your thoughts about yourself. Question where they come from and if necessary edit out any negative or unkind thoughts. You deserve better for yourself.
💖 Be kind to your body in all ways, fueling it with healthy foods, exercise and plenty of joyful activities. At least one joyful activity per day 😉
💖 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, or 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 practice believing in yourself and saying 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.
Strengthening the relationship that we have with ourselves, is like a little seed. It requires daily nourishment. It starts in our minds. The more that we’re able to check our thoughts and replace them with healthier & kinder thoughts toward ourselves, the better we will start to feel. Then our actions toward ourself will also change. We will be better able to keep the promises that we make to ourselves, we will see our connection to ourselves becoming stronger & healthier. We will see that our self esteem & confidence will start to align to God and not so much the world around us. We will learn to not be so affected by what others say and do because we will be able to have our own back and loving ourselves enough to see us more as God sees us.
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 7:00pm & do this for yourself. 💪🏼🥰💛
Love,
Lili 🌸
