Loving yourself as you love others

What if love you loved others the way you loved yourself?

Would you turn into a nasty, critical, judgemental partner?

Would you look at them in the mirror each morning and chastise them? Make them feel guilty for what they ate last night?

Would you send them off to work reminding them they’re not qualified for their job and will probably make mistakes today?

Would you tell them to cover their body during love making because they’re unattractive and undesirable?

Would you tell them their mistakes are unforgivable, stupid, avoidable?

Would you place their value to you as a partner on how attractive they are?

Would you whip them into submission, force them to work and be productive when they’re exhausted and burnt out?

At first thought, you’d probably yell “No! That’s not who I am!”

Perhaps you consider yourself a loving, understanding and supportive partner.

But how are you loving yourself?

If you loved others, how you love yourself, who would you turn into?

Yeah…probably pretty nasty.

How are you to thrive in the mental environment you subject yourself to?

Your humble, hardworking, able body is collapsing under the weight of your criticisms.

Your faith, hope and dreams are beaten down by your fears, insecurities and self-doubt.

Your pleasure, eros and playfulness is shunned into shame and embarrassment.

Your efforts and earnest attempts are never good enough, unforgivable.

You’re stupid, weak, ugly: Words and sentiments you would probably never utter to another.

Please, let today be the last day you violently attack yourself undeservingly.

Let today be the day you love yourself just as much as you love others.

Let today be the day you commit to helping, rather than harassing yourself through this journey of life.

Let today be the day you shower yourself in the endless love you have avoided, withheld and hid from yourself.

There’s a lot of self-love to make up to yourself.

Start today.