I have just finished reading our material for this week. I tried the loving-kindness exercise but for some reason could not get past the loving myself part. Everytime I tried to turn the love I felt for others toward myself, I kept coming up with reasons why I wasn't worthy of such feelings or for that much attention.
I will continue with the exercises as this plays into my low self-esteem/worth issues that I have been fighting for years. Who knows, maybe one of these days I'll learn how to even like myself enough to 'let the love flow' as it were.
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Oh Melanie you so deserve to reap the rewards of loving yourself. You know a few years ago I bought a deck of Louise Hay's Power Thought Cards and I randomly choose a different card each morning when I get up (yes I still do it every day). It's amazing to me how I always seem to pull a card that fits perfectly with where I am or what I need for the day. Best investment I ever made. I think it just helps for my first thought of the day to be a positive one:)
ReplyDeletethank you. My husband gets on me every now and again because of what he calls my "pissy attitude". It has been a long hard battle to find even one thing that I liked about myself. These exercises we have been reading/doing from both this class and HW410 I took last semester, have gone a long way to attaining that goal. I have learned from the reading that if we don't like ourselves how can we expect to be able to show our feelings to others.
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