Isn't that what a New Year is always about?
As promised this is a continuation of last week's post which will not always be the case but for now let's keep going...I obviously chose this topic because at this time of year our focus tends to be on the rebirth of ourselves that often gets lost in the cold weather, turkey & sweets.
It may be bold but I dare to refer to the current culture of "Self-Love" as a fad only for lack of a better word, if you have one let me know...I say that because as a Brand Manager when I hear Self-Love" these days I automatically see images of yoga, coffee, hiking, vacations, spa days, food we love, etc. Now don't get me wrong I'm not saying that these things are bad. But I want to raise the question is there more to Self-Love than just things that make us feel good?
I also wonder; is the current brand of Self-Love one that leads us to be Selfish?
Again, don't get me wrong sometimes we need to be a little selfish in my opinion especially when it comes to setting boundaries. As well, there is a lot of healthy things about all of this in terms of loving ourselves enough to get good sleep, take care of our bodies, minds & hopefully spirit too!
However in regards to Relationships, this may be a stretch of a parallel but there's a Biblical passage that always stuck with me when I was younger from either Hosea or a Proverb I believe it goes something along the lines of; ..."our Worship needs to lead us to a desire to do Justice, otherwise it is upsetting to the Lord"....paraphrased of course..
The connection I'm attempting to make here is if we replace Worship with Love (which is fair I think), then we can see that if whatever we worship or pour our Love into doesn't inspire us to go be better people or Love others more fully, or serve the World in some positively impacting way then yes I would argue it could be Selfish but not in a good way!
Turning inward is great and necessary, which I hope to touch on next week since, I'm trying to keep these to 3 min reads. I'm just saying our Self-Love hopefully should lead us to be better in our Relationships - not Perfect - but better is always the goal. Maybe, this is already you and you didn't need this reminder. Regardless, my writing has to be for reminding myself first and hopefully will be helpful to others somewhere, somehow!
As always I thank you for reading, please subscribe, comment & share...see you next week.
Also, watch for the Book coming soon in the spirit of Valentine's Day is our goal!
Sincerely,
KK.
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