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Love Yourself - How To Start

It is important to love yourself. This is not easy because there are so many things to do during the day and it is particularly difficult if you are a mother, a housewife and have another job as well. Everybody expects action from you immediately. How should you find time for yourself? 

Well, start with small things. How many times did you feel thirsty but wanted to empty the dishwasher quickly so that it could be refilled? Or put the rubbish out, or shoved the washing in the washing machine quickly, or, or or whatever there was to do QUICKLY? Did you actually drink till a considerable time later? It could also be that you were hungry but you had to do the school run and didn't have time to sit down for a nice lunch and had to get a sugary snack in between tasks to stave the worst hunger off. How many times have you put your urgent needs last? Try and stop it. When you are thirsty, drink. When you do need a pee, go to the loo. When you must have something to eat, prepare a nice meal for yourself and sit down to eat it. 

You are important. Well, in fact you are the most important person in your life. Do not wait for others to look after you, they won't because they will not know about your needs when you don't tell them. Nobody can know about them when even YOU ignore them. I think we are all more or less be aware that we only have ONE LIFE but are we also aware that we only have this ONE BODY???

Photograph by Roger Giraud-Saunders