Lovin’ Life Now! Newsletter
Volume I, Issue 3: To Know Yourself is to Love Your Self!
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In this Issue:
1. Welcome!
2. To Know Yourself is to Love Your Self! (Featured Article)
3. Announcements/Offers
4. About Lovin’ Life Now Weekly Newsletter
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1) Welcome to this issue of our Lovin’ Life Now! Weekly newsletter. A special hello to you if you are receiving this for the first time. Feel free to pass this on to anyone you think might be interested in it.
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2) To Know Yourself is to Love Your Self! (Featured Article)
By Charlene M Brown
Most people spend the majority of their time hiding their true selves!
This is not always because they don’t like themselves, but more because they want to be “liked” by others.
So think about this: If the majority of your time is spent hiding yourself, how do you ever get to know yourself? More importantly, who are you hiding from? And when do you stop hiding?
Most of us are insecure on some level or another and we take this insecurity and pass it on to the people we spend time with. I don’t mean we literally give it to them, but this insecure face is the face that we show them!
But when we are by ourselves, who are we really!? And who are we fooling?
I have written a lot about this lately as I am working towards breaking through a new plateau in my own life. We all can put on the show, but when it boils down to taking action to break that glass ceiling, that’s where you find out what you’re made of!
What I am coming to fully understand is what other people think you are and what you really are, are often two (or 20) very different things.
My friend, Candace, in Washington, DC, says to switch the saying around: To truly LOVE Yourself is to truly KNOW Yourself. “Love propels you to do the deep, transformative work where knowledge resides no matter how difficult, joyful or painful.”
Painful is the key here. When things are going great, it’s easy to say you love yourself—your life is working!
But it’s when we look at ourselves and don’t like what we see that loving ourselves becomes difficult! The constant barrage of negative messages certainly doesn’t help—no wonder we don’t want to spend any time with this unknown entity of ourselves, we are so mean and nagging to it!
“To Know Yourself is to Love Your Self.”
Janice from Dallas, Texas, adds, “That is so true! I spent a long time not really liking myself, but then I got to know myself better and found out I’m a really great person!”
I found the same thing—that once I really got to know myself, I really like who I am.
Taking this look for the very first time can be terrifying! But it is worth the terror. Once you see things as they are (without berating yourself for how or why you got there), you can make the decision to change them.
That’s the really great part about looking at yourself full-on: you have now brought it to a conscious level—now that you can see it you can choose to do something about it if you want!
I think Candace of DC is right in this case, it works both ways: to KNOW Yourself is to Love Your Self, yet to love Your Self, you must Know who you’re Loving!
Michelle McAllister, author of the Fabulous! book, 22 Life Principles for the Ultimate Woman, says, “Every day is a chance for change.” Don’t worry about how you got here; just know that you are here. It’s time to take a good look at where “here” is and decide if you like yourself here? If not, you can change it! Every day!
Let’s get all fired up about looking within!
A Big HUG To You!
~Charli
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By Charlene M. Brown