All about Self-Love

~ Aarya Gupta

Summing up all the talks about self-love I think it the most needed thing for today's generation. Because of all those social media influencers we tend to compare ourselves with them and set standards beyond reality causing us to hate ourselves. Well I think that's relatable Isn't it?

Anyways, no one is born hating themselves. It all starts when we start to get affected by other's opinion about ourselves. When we start to see ourselves from their point of  view and try to fit into the mold that society made by behaving the way people suppose you to be. But in doing so we forget that the opinion that matters the most is the one of our own and by the time of this realization we had already lost ourselves and hate ourselves. 

So how do we revert  back to to being unapologetically ourselves just like that carefree daydreaming kid we used be, who didn't cared about being judged by others and didn't hate oneself. We can start doing one thing daily that make us feel good about ourselves or do things we are passionate about. Do things which you want to do, it does not need to make sense to others, until it makes you happy and learn to live life. Setting your own goals, focusing on them and pursuing them will enable you to follow what you truly believe in, live by your values and ultimately help  you to be happier.

Well sometimes we let our insecurities grow and thoughts like am I weird? Am I ugly? Am I fat? or Am I less confident might come to our mind. To avoid these negative thoughts we must have a positive perspective and try to improve ourselves inside-out by exercising and eating healthy daily. And nevertheless, we should never be ashamed of ourselves on the basis other people's perception of our appearance because we live in a judgmental society and no one is perfect. If everyone was perfect there would be no uniqueness and diversity in this world. So be your own kind of beautiful.

Also, we might not love ourselves because of the mistakes we made in the past but always remember "yesterday's me is also  me". Accept it and face yourself and work your way through issues by improving yourself & by learning from that mistake. We should always learn from past but never hold onto it because if you obsess over past it will curse you and stop you from growing. And we don't want that, right? We want to be better version of ourself, someone, who our older self will be proud of.

True self-love means you can love yourself and others without looking at your differences. So tell me, how do you expect others to love you when you don't love yourself? First step of loving others is to love yourself then only you'll be able to speak yourself and show the true you. 

And just like that we can go from hating ourself to loving ourself. Hope this blog brought you one step closer to loving yourself. At last I would like to say face yourself, love yourself and speak yourself.

Thank you and have a loving day.