Lucky is the generation who has the luxury to sit and think about self love. Self love, as we know isthe base of self acceptance despite the flaws. It has become the new trend. But despite all of these, media and telly have been giving contradictory messages about self love. If it is all about self acceptance then why use products to pamper oneself. It should promote the idea of accepting every flaw, colour, and size. If there is a need to change yourself for the sake of self love then the equation gets complicated. In early decade it was clearly associated with egotism and egocentrism but later it has been closely connected with acceptance.

In order to understand the concept of self love we should be pretty transparent with self acknowledgement. It is after acknowledging our drawbacks, and fear that we can attain the position of self love.

Here are few reasons why everyone should practice self love in a more natural, unbiased way.

• It’s difficult to engage with other persons if you don’t enjoy your own company. We should know about our likes, dislikes and more over It’s very important to have the ability to decide for our own.

• Self love is a journey to nourish our healthy habits. Good food, exercise and everyday walk can lead to a simple yet productive life. It has both physical and emotional benefits.

• It’s not always possible to be loved by everyone you encounter; some will care, few will criticize. But self love comes handy when you come across such situation.

• Make note of every achievement, as well as failure. Remember the struggle you have been through, the ups and downs and the sunny days. Most importantly be grateful to yourself. Few days back I came across a brilliant line by Chaplin where he says, “in the light of our ego we are all de thrones monarch.” So we are all justified and correct as long as our conscience are clean. Hence it is this self compassion that invokes self love.

• Self love should always promote solitude. Make time for yourself, your hobbies, think about yourself and look forward to embrace the opportunity that will help you to grow.

• Be kind to yourself. Listen to your intuition rather than pushing towards negativity, work on the productive grounds. Moreover understand what’s draining your energy. It’s very important to get motivated and channelize it, instead of sitting and watching positive videos.

Above all self love is not a 30day challenge you need to complete, it’s a journey, habit for better future.

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Self love or self denial ?