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Self Love

Thomas3.20.2010
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The greatest gift you will ever receive is the gift of loving and believingin yourself. Guard this gift with your life. It is the only thing that will ever truly be yours. Tiffany Loren Rowe So many people associate the concept of self-love with narcissism which actually is a lack of self-love! But truly loving ourselves as God loves us is a compassionate place to be in our lives. Our love of self provides the passion to be with that other person in a loving way! So today I give myself permission to love myself as I would love my neighbor! LOL! That truly is a gift from the Almighty! When I Love Myself, it gives me strength, courage, focus, and determination that I so much need in order to Break FREE of Addiction for LIFE! This is especially true during NML when we aren't living the challenge minute by minute but are blindsided by our Addictive Minds out of nowhere, or after a tragedy or great misfortune such as losing a job, or even, yes, after an extraordinary Victory when we think that we "deserve a sickerette!" What I deserve my FREEDOM! I deserve to live LIFE Abundantly as My Creator intends - Smoke FREE for LIFE! And I LOVE Myself enough to recognize the paradox and make the Correct DECISION! So just for TODAY I will LOVE Myself as I would Love my neighbor! Who would wish Addiction on ANYBODY? Surely we DESERVE Addiction FREEDOM!
8 Comments
lisa11209
Member

Thank you, Thomas, for this inspiring post!  Hope you have a great day.

aztec
Member

that is the greatest commandment, "Love The Lord thy God with all thy heart , mind , body, soul and spirit and thy neighbor as thy self.  gotta love yourself so you can love the rest.

thanks Thomas, I needed to hear that this morning.

I'm so glad you have a great Wife, I have a great husband too! we are blessed.

Love Aztec

Strudel
Member

So, so true Thomas!

MarcieWhosoever

Thank you Thomas! I have already designated this day as a day of change for myself and Self LOVE is one of the very biggest steps I am working on. Without self love I cannot improve anything else in my life!!! I am trying 🙂

Wow what a message! I need to read this today:)

Marcie

jojo_2-24-11
Member

Thanks Thomas for this blog!

red34
Member

Thank you Thomas!   God must of sent you my way today..I really needed to read and hear this today on more than one front..God is with us always in our hearts and sometimes he sends a little our way messenger to remind us that we are not alone in this life.

God bless you...

Red......

Lonita
Member

You said it better than anyone could have. Thanks for sharing.

melodyav51
Member

Thank you for your encouraging words. Have a blessed journey.

About the Author
63 years old. 20 year smoker. 11 Years FREE! Diagnosed with COPD. Choosing a Quality LIFE! It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. -Galatians 5:1