When you love yourself, you:
get up early and exercise
take a bath
listen to the spirit
paint your fingernails
pray more
drink less caffeine
call your friends
eat more healthy
don’t feel guilty
read your scriptures often
use the crafts you buy
smile more
2008 was a really hard year for me emotionally, and spiritually. i feel run down, i feel sad, and lonely. i’ve lost the sparkle that makes me, well me. for 2009 rather than make New Year’s resolutions that never seem to stick, i want to learn to love myself. right now that’s the best thing i can do for myself and for my family.
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Sara, that makes me want to bawl! Because you are one of the most fun, sweet, entertaining, loving, outgoing, awesome women I've ever met! I love you to death. And it makes me sad to know that you are in a sad place and time in your life. I hope you can remember all the great things that make you so wonderfully you. (Why don't you come down for lunch some time. Or I'll come up. Call me.)
p.s. How ironic. The word verification for this comment is "alonne." WAH!
I agree with Arianne. Just remember that forgiveness is key. I had to look at myself in the mirror for a long time bawling and then hearing the words "YOU CAN FORGIVE YOURSELF" was like having a hand lift years of self hatred off of me and I can feel good and LOVE myself. Sure I have days I know I am not all that I should be but life is alot better. I hope you put your saying on your bathroom mirror to see it every morning and remind yourself "YOU ARE LOVED AND LOVABLE!!!!!" I would not have survived without you you know that...I hope. I Love and miss you.
Amen to that, I've been really struggling lately too and was thinking that a year ago I was happier than I am now, why is that? With my circumstances a year ago compaired to now, I should be happier now. With deep thought, I had come to realize that when I was so sick that I couldn't eat anything including caffeine. I didn't have anything bad in my body to take the spirit away from me and to make me too tired to work out and lose weight. A year ago I did my nails, I read the ensign every day, I went to the temple every week, prayer was an hourly thing. So, if it is supposed to be so simple than why is it so hard? I am on my second day with no caffiene and I am dieing, but I want that happiness back that I felt then, even when I was going through a tough time... It is worth it. Every time I want to give in and eat that chocolate or get a Diet Coke I think that I want to be happy and right now I am not, so it makes it a little easier to resist. 2009 Goal... Happiness and Unconditional love for ourselves and for others!!! I love you Sara!
Oh Sara! I hate to think of you sad: you are such an angel. I love you...Mara
Sara, I would have never known you were feeling that way, I'm sorry you have been sad, I hope things are going better, you are one of the most talented people I know and I am excited for your new website. I can't believe Ridge is already 2, time sure fly's. We still need to do a card making night, hint...
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