Self-Love is Key to Change

At the moment, we see the reality around us fall apart. There seems to be chaos everywhere. And there is chaos not only outside, but also in our own lives oftentimes – we are feeling stuck in a life situation, lethargic, maybe even depressed. There is so much uncertainty around us that there is no ground to walk on any more, and we have no idea what tomorrow will bring.

There is a lot of fear in the air, very heavy emotions. That contributes to the way we feel, because the emotions of people around us affect us also. This is why we need time for ourselves and by ourselves.

When we are in these states, we are led to believe that something is wrong with us, that we are not functioning correctly. Shouldn’t we be happy, successful, productive, like what is always presented to us on everyone’s facebook profile? When we do not feel we can impress everyone around us with who we are, we feel there is something that urgently needs to be fixed.

The truth is, however, that being human is not about being a productive member of society, being glamorously beautiful, being an all-time success. This is the image that is being played up and down, left and right before us, in all the ads with models making life look easy, fun and relaxed. All these images make us compare ourselves with those “role models”, and we do not look so great. So society suggests to us that we are sick, that we need to take medication like antidepressants, get on track again in order to be turned into a worthy member of society feeding its structures, and of course into an active consumer.

Do we love ourselves the way we are? Do we have compassion for ourselves? Or do we just try to keep up with the rhythms we are being served on all channels of mainstream and social media?

The reality we are being presented with is fake. But people fall for it and step into the trap unconsciously. We are actually a part of nature, we are beautiful and unique creations, just the way we are, just like every plant is different and yet all of them together make the beauty of a landscape. Every one of us has so much to offer to the world, but our attention is being directed towards very homogenized, uniform ways where we cannot live or appreciate our individuality, our very special gifts.

The shift happening on the planet is leading us back to our nature. The process is tough, because everything around us is crumbling. But that is the only way that we can find back to our essence, to that which we truly are.

Learn to love every step on the way that your magnificent soul is taking, no matter how “inadequate” it may seem. Learn to accept that you are imperfect and still know that you are wonderful - perfection is not lovable.

Everything that is going wrong in our lives, everywhere it hurts, there is a lack of love – love first and foremost towards ourselves.

Self-love is key to change. It is needed for true healing to occur on all levels

We can only truly love if we truly love ourselves. Otherwise we always expect something or someone in the outside world to compensate the lack of love we carry within.