Anna (not her real name) has been a People Pleaser for years.
After going
through two abusive relationships, she became intensely
passionate about
helping other women break free from abuse. She has spent much of
her time,
energy and vitality extending her hand to other women, so much
so that her own
health and well being has suffered. Now after many years of
service to others,
she has reached a new conclusion. The most important person to
help and save first,
is yourself.
No amount of giving,
service and kindness to others can ever help ourselves heal unless
we first extend
that gift of love and compassion to ourselves.
No
matter how pure our intentions are to help and bless others,
when we turn our
backs on ourselves and neglect our deepest needs, we fall short
of being able
to truly give anything of real value to those around us.
Anna
has
decided to take time for herself, she shared… “I’m just going to
be with me
for a while”. After years of giving her time, energy and love
she has realised
that the one who needed it the most was with her all along.
Something
special
happens when you’re in the company of someone who is
self-loving,
self-accepting, and lives with authenticity. You can feel their
power and how
it also extends to your own soul and that of others a matching
sense of peace,
joy and love.
Authenticity is about
developing an honest and loving relationship with who you
really are. Not the
person you wish you were, not the person you tried to mold
yourself into, not
even the person others tried to convince you that you were.
Allowing
the
fabricated concept of ourselves to fall away, allows us to finally perceive
the real truth of who we are. To connect and embrace the
ofttimes uncomfortable
duality of our own raw true self. The sinful and pure nature we
all own; our
intelligence and stupidity, our generosity and greed… No
excuses, no denial…
just a comfort with the paradox of being everything and nothing
all at the same
time.
When
we
take the courageous leap to simply accept and love ourselves
unconditionally
we have given the most powerful gifts available to all of
humanity - the gifts of
self-love and authenticity.
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