Thursday, January 5, 2023

THE SACREDNESS OF SELF-LOVE

 The following is an excerpt from "You Can Heal Your Body" by Louise Hay, founder of Hay House.  This was written quite a few years ago but it certainly still stands true today. I have read this poem numerous times over the years and still go back to it when I need to remind myself of the importance of taking care of myself. 

Jesus tells us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves and I have learned over the years that we can only love others to the extent that we love ourselves. Self-love is not about pride, which is akin to haughtiness, vanity and  arrogance and is more connected with what we have and what we do. .One has nothing to do with the other. Self-love is about respect and dignity for the fact that we are beings who carry divine, loving, creator energy within. It is about our internal being, our soul, and not about what happens externally. 

This poem, by Louise Hay, is a great treatise on how to love ourselves. 


Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of Love...

I now allow this love to flow to the surface---It fills my heart, my body, my mind, my consciousness...

my very being...and radiates out from me in all directions

and returns to me multiplied. The more love I use and give, 

the more I have to give.---the supply is endless.

the use of love makes me feel good...It is an expression of my inner joy.


I love myself, therefore, I take loving care of my body. I lovingly feed it nourishing foods and beverages.

I lovingly groom it and dress it, and my body lovingly responds to me

with vibrant health and energy.


I love myself therefore---I provide for myself a comfortable home,

one that fills all my needs and is a pleasure to be in.

I fill the rooms with the vibration of love so that all who enter, myself included,

will feel this love and be nourished by it.


I love myself, therefore, I work at a job that I truly enjoy doing,

one that uses my creative talents and abilities,

working with and for people that I love and that love me,

and earning a good income. 


I love myself, therefore, I behave and think in a loving way to all people---for I know

that that which I give out returns to me multiplied...

I only attract loving people in my world for they are a mirror of what I am. 


I love myself, therefore, I forgive and totally release the past

and all past experiences and I am free.


I love myself, therefore, I live totally in the now,

experiencing each moment as good

and knowing that my future is bright, and joyous, and secure---

for I am a beloved child of the universe

and the universe lovingly takes care of me now and forever more...

And so it is.


By: Louise Hay

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