Week 6 - ending 2/11: What You Love About Yourself
- traversingtwoworlds
- Feb 11, 2023
- 1 min read
I was doing a guided meditation today. A few minutes in the guide said to think of five things you love about yourself.
I couldn't.
I came up with one and then I was stumped.
I had to stop the meditation and reflect on what happened. I forced myself to try to think of four more things I loved about myself. I was not able to do so. I started to realize that when I was thinking of things, I was looking for outside validation. I was looking at how other people felt about me to determine how I felt about me. I was recounting things people said to me, about me, and using those, regardless of how I felt about the statements. I was stuck in a thought pattern of looking out instead of within. That is not how it should be.
The next question in the guided meditation was to think of five things you do to show love to yourself. I came up with those quickly and easily. Therefore, I think I have a disconnect. I have no issues showing love to myself, but I cannot find things I love about myself. Perhaps the fact that I show love to myself is something to love about me. However, I still need four more.
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