On Loving Ourselves:
I recently read a book (found here) by Kahlil Gibran and I fell in love with the following passage. I've been dying to share it with you. I hope you enjoy the beauty of it as much as I have and that we all consciously take a moment to speak to ourselves in the same loving way.
Then He looked at me, and the noontide of His eyes was upon me, and He said,
"You have many lovers, and yet I alone love you.
Other men love themselves in your nearness.
I love you in your self.
Other men see a beauty in you that shall fade away sooner than their own years.
But I see in you a beauty that shall not fade away,
and in the autumn of your days
that beauty shall not be afraid to gaze at itself in the mirror,
and it shall not be offended.
I alone love the unseen in you..."
And He smiled. And He said again:
"All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself."
In this new year, I hope that we all find a love like that within ourselves... that we learn to love ourselves as unconditionally as the lover above loves the person he is speaking to... and in turn I hope that in this new year we begin to develop the ability to love each other in the same way. We are all so special... so divine and such treasures. I love you and I honor you with each breath I take. Namaste.
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