To take a look back at events that already have taken place and reporting is a conscious mental and usually purposive process relying on thinking, reasoning, and examining one’s own thoughts, feelings to one’s soul.
Ever since my childhood I have my own moments where I never have someone. Too often I embraced those moments so that I could embrace the good things from myself.
On the screen of your mind it is just like making an appraisal note of what has happened throughout the past day or week…
I think about the awareness that I have had of myself… I think about the actions I have taken…Have they been based on a positive consciousness of yourself? I can clearly see the intentions behind my actions? Are they pure and positive?
Now, slowly and gently, I focus on my inner self… I observe myself… Does my life carry meaning and a purpose… Is there learning and growth at each step?
Do I possess inner strength… Am I able to use powers like the power to tolerate, power to co-operate, power to face in my everyday actions and experience success at every step… If so, do I feel strong and secure…
Do I remain in self-respect and as a result respect others… Do I love myself and have good wishes for each one that I interact with…
Do I feel calm and at peace… free to experience my inner qualities… Are my qualities visible through my actions…
And now, for a few moments, I am going to create feelings of peace and serenity for others… I am going to share thoughts and feelings of peace with others… this is practical spirituality…
At last I love myself first and everything else falls into line…
I love this blog! You are so wise and articulate!
At 63 years old, I only recently learned the difference between self-love — the natural and necessary instinct that will always assert itself whether or not we are aware of it — and self-esteem, which we believe must be earned and which is thus unreliable, according to whether our behavior meets with our own approval.
What a difference this realization has made! Failing to love oneself, one must fight an inner battle, and this personal conflict becomes the seed from which disharmony originates and grows, culminating in hatred, war, destructiveness. God bless you for spreading this life-giving message! Mary