Love – a many splendid thing!

Oh my goodness yes love is a splendid thing and it is in so many areas of our life and in so many different forms. In relationships, in our work, in how we relate with ourselves, with our pets, nature, and simply living everyday life. In relationships love appears in intimate relationships and in more fun general friendship but isn’t it still love?

Then there’s work, which I have talked about previously, that work is about loving what you do, otherwise whats the point! In terms of relating with ourselves it is so much easier if we love who we are. This can take the form of Knowing our likes, our dislikes, our strengths and our weaknesses. Being able to appreciate that side of ourselves that sometimes we just don’t like. For instance being jealous or conceited. None of us are perfect but its much easier if we can learn to appreciate every side of ourselves.

What can happen if we don’t accept every aspect of ourselves is that we keep beating up on ourselves for not being good enough and that beating up sure isn’t loving ourselves! I believe a big part of loving ourselves is also having the ability to be grateful. Grateful for all the people, events, places and opportunities that we have and have had in our lives.

So take a pen now and list all those things you are grateful for. I suggest you place this list in a spot where you will see it everyday and keep reminding yourself of the good things in your life.