Valentine’s Day has come and gone – blissful, painful or ignored, I’ve learnt one key lesson. No matter who was in my life on February 14th, I always woke up on the morning of the 15th with the one person who needed my love the most – me.
Wisened with age and a few colossal mistakes, I know now it’s the small daily acts of kindness that create that happy inner me that can look squarely in the mirror and repeat out loud, “ I love myself, I love myself” and not cringe when I say it. That doesn’t come from anyone else. I also know that I can’t expect anyone else to love me more than I love myself. Getting SELFish means just that – taking care of the self. (more…)
