Following on the heels of yesterday’s post, A Good Day, I wanted to write more on the theme of self love. True, wholehearted self love is rooted in a fidelity with yourself. It requires a commitment, a faithfulness and a willingness to not just know your truth but to live up to it. This means that you make your choices not based on: is it wrong? is it right? is it good? is it bad? but … is it mine? Is it mine to do? is it mine to give? is it mine to speak? is it mine to feel? Is it? Only you can know this. These are your Truths and no one else’s. If you’ve ever forsaken and abandoned yourself in deference to what you thought should be your truth, it’s never too late to write a new history. Starting now you can renew your vow to be ever faithful to who you are and how you choose to show up in this world. This is the “heart and soul” of self love.
I invite you to listen to this song below, Love’s Divine, by Seal as if it’s speaking to you on this very topic – the journey to honoring one’s self.
Then the rainstorm came, over me
And I felt my spirit break
I had lost all of my, belief you see
And realized my mistake
But time threw a prayer, to me
And all around me became still
I need love, love’s divine
Please forgive me now I see that I’ve been blind
Give me love, love is what I need to help me know my name
Through the rainstorm came sanctuary
And I felt my spirit fly
I had found all of my reality
I realize what it takes
‘Cause I need love, love’s divine
Please forgive me now I see that I’ve been blind
Give me love, love is what I need to help me know my name
Oh I, don’t bend, don’t break
Show me how to live and promise me you won’t forsake
‘Cause love can help me know my name
Well I try to say there’s nothing wrong
But inside I felt me lying all along
But the message here was plain to see
Believe me
‘Cause I need love, love’s divine
Please forgive me now I see that I’ve been blind
Give me love, love is what I need to help me know my name
Oh I, don’t bend, don’t break
Show me how to live and promise me you won’t forsake
‘Cause love can help me know my name
Love can help me know my name
*this post is dedicated in appreciation to Holly Sorensen, amazing friend and mentor of sorts, who has taught me over the years, more about radical self love than anyone
beautiful… where the heck do i know Holly from…? hmmm
she was an Abe lister
Yes, I remember Holly from the Abelist. She has not posted in a while. I still go back and read her old posts sometimes. I wish she would do some blogging too.
she’s writing for TV right now … she is the creator, writer and executive producer of ABC Family network’s Make it or Break It
Beth-
You are so very right. Over the last few years I have taken a good hard look at myself. When I didn’t like what I saw, I commited myself to honoring what I really felt I was at my core- it’s required me to really be critically honest with myself- and it’s probably the hardest thing I have ever done- and the most rewarding.
Alecia so nice to see you here! Yes, I learned this one the hard way but it was enough to really get my attention. Now I can begin to live up to my own standards and discover exactly what those are.
yep, thats where ive heard of Holly, COOL! (O: