Love Yourself

Coming from the Indigo Angel Oracle Deck, this card reminds you how beautiful your soul and mission in life are. You have the power to be the source of happiness in your life, and that is the greatest gift. Love yourself even when it doesn’t seem natural. It calls for you to think about one thing that you love about yourself because your relationship with yourself is the most important relationship you will have in this lifetime. The more you can love and be confident in yourself, the more you will be able to serve your purpose of being a light for others.

This is something that I have always struggled with. Have you ever logged into facebook or time hop and come across a picture of yourself from years ago and think, “wow I wish I was as skinny now as when I thought I was fat”? Raise your hand. I’ve heard this from multiple people, have seen it on many social media posts and have felt this many times myself (this morning actually). It’s an unrealistic expectation. You’re not automatically going to just wake up some day and be that person that you were 10 years ago. But most importantly, why would you want to be? When I look at that picture of myself I physically look “skinny” but when I look harder at the pictures I see a lot of pain, anxiety, and so much sadness. When I look at a picture of myself today (which I hate doing) I look into my eyes and see a completely different person. I’m happy, a lot have pain has been relieved, I have much less anxiety and I do not dwell as much in sadness. So why in the hell would I want to wake up one day and do it all over again, or simply just be that skinny? I wouldn’t. Even though my face and body may look different, my inner self has grown so much that I can’t even describe it. They say that beauty comes from within, and I’ve always thought that to be something that people just said because they wanted to make you feel better. But it is so true. Weight is always something you can loose, but you can’t gain back the experiences you miss out on, the things that really do make you, you. So this is something that I’m going to indefinitely have to work on daily. But it all starts with the mindset and one step to change for the better. If that means gaining/losing five pounds so be it. But do it for you. Do it to be the person you wish you had during the times you were at your lowest.

Be the person your childhood self couldn’t imagine being.