[What did I learn today? Lessons on the Journey to Unconditional Self Love] Honor Yourself

Thou shalt honor thyself enough not to take things that do not belong to
you, and this includes other people's people - Iyanla Vanzant

One of the most challenging lessons I have learnt is the honoring of
myself. Why? Because for one thing I firmly believed that I was a good
person, doing good things and living a good life and then I realized that
being a good person had absolutely nothing to do with how I honored myself
or if indeed I honored myself. Being a good person was a social construct
based on my upbringing of respecting my elders, paying my dues, working
hard - nothing to do with me and how I showed up for me and in the world.
It was hard at first to swallow that honoring myself was steeped in the
fact that I had to be radically honest in all situations and take
responsibility for every single thing that was happening in my life down to
even my health. Honoring myself involved taking responsibility for my own life and how I
live - all.the.time! Honoring myself involved keeping the agreements that I made with ME and
renegotiating them when they absolutely required not because I was punking
out Honoring myself involved celebrating my triumphs without excuses or dumbing
them down to make others who were not honoring themselves feel comfortable
around me Honoring myself involved doing what was morally right - every.single,time Honoring myself involved forgiveness of myself first and then others Honoring myself involved accepting myself as I am Honoring myself meant saying no - because sometimes no was the most loving
thing to say The whole concept was like wow, this is different to being "good" I have learnt that when I honor myself,
every.single.decision.comes.from.that.space Peace

-- Posted By Blogger to What did I learn today? Lessons on the Journey to
Unconditional Self Love on 5/30/2016 03:57:00 pm