Cherish Yourself

Parenting (Part 17)

Cherish Yourself - Just as you are

Our Inner child is constantly wounded in childhood. Our parents, teachers and guardians do their best, but they are only human and cannot provide Unconditional Love. Most of us grew up learned & still believing that we only get love and approval if we do as we're told or be good which made us doubt ourselves and try even harder to get love/approval from others. 

The Inner child cannot reason for itself - that is the job of the ego-self - so it simply accepts toxic beliefs as if they were literally true and stores them as information. "My eyes are brown, I have beautiful hair and I'm fat." It then goes on to prove such statements are true - sometimes throughout our lives!

There is nothing wrong with you - apart perhaps from some false, toxic beliefs about yourself and life, which can be released. 

Shame can also be healed by connecting with our inner wisdom. Our higher Self loves us Unconditionally. Our task is to offer unconditional love to our inner child and body - our natural self - in the same way. This means never criticizing or judging ourselves, correcting any toxic beliefs from childhood, cherishing ourselves: allowing ourselves to live in Soft Time, to love, laugh and be merry.

When we love and accept ourselves as we are our wounds are healed. If you feel like challenge to love yourself right now. Pretend! If you did really love yourself, What would change?

How would you think, feel or behave differently?

Aim not to be perfect, but to be wholly myself.