You are Awesome. Period.

Last week we talked about loving, supporting and being happy for others. This week I want to talk about how awesome you are, and why you should love yourself.

At our core, we all have this brilliant, radiant, overwhelmingly awesome energy. Most people believe that it comes from God or the Uni-verse or Spirit or Source (it's also referred to as our Soul or Spirit). The specifics of your belief system can be suspended for a moment here. Just accepting the possibility that this energy is there is enough to understand it's importance. This brilliance within is who and what we are. It's capable of anything and everything. Our sometimes limiting beliefs in ourselves is what stops us from following our dreams or taking a potentially dangerous, emotionally speaking, step. It isn't because we're incapable of accomplishing great things....we're just worried about all of the numerous little things that could happen, or obstacles that could get in the way. We tend to worry and doubt ourselves into a still, stagnant, unchanging life. These worries and doubts most definitely veil our radiance. It's hard to remember it's there when your bills are overdue, your kids get sick, your job completely sucks or you're going through a divorce.

However, knowing and remembering that you have this built-in awesomeness inside of you, knowing that you have the backing of God/Uni-verse/Spirit/Source behind you in all that you do is an amazing gift and you should really use it to help you get to a point of deeper self confidence and awareness of all that you are and all that you are capable of. Use this knowledge to get to a point where you believe that all of the small bumps in the road are just that. Small bumps in the road. Turn them into spiritual lessons. Little bitty things that may cause a slight delay, but are there, and can become a fantastic lesson in life, if you choose to view them that way. These bumps don't define you, but if you let them, they can help to shape you along your journey, in a wonderfully transformative  way.




You are awesome, amazing, unique, fantastically interesting, and have all the strength, courage and stamina you need right inside you. It never goes away, flakes out or takes a vacation. It is always there, ready and waiting for you to not only tap into it but embrace it and be it. So, for all that you are, love yourself. Love yourself like you  love your child, best friend, mother or partner. Love yourself and don't stop. Not even when you make a bad decision, or embarrass yourself or hurt someone. Not even when someone else puts you down, doesn't understand you or says you're not worthy. Forget all of that, and remember to love yourself. No matter what.

I truly believe in my heart of hearts, from my head down to my toes, that if you do not love yourself, as you are, with all of your amazing-ness, and with all of your faults, you cannot truly love another or openly accept love from another. We need to believe that we are exactly who we should be, at any given time. You are perfect and deserving in all of your imperfections. Love yourself. No matter what.