A WOMAN’S SPIRIT #essentialsofrecovery

I will never be able to feel the love someone wants to give to me unless I am loving myself

~ Betty MacDonald 

Loving ourselves sounds so simple, but how do we do it? Learning more about who we are is a good first step. The Fourth Step inventory leaves little doubt about who we are, providing we are vulnerably honest. And after acknowledging who we are, we can begin the process of accepting what we can and changing what we need to. Self-love is the reward for carefully doing our work.

The shame we feel for the person we think we are makes it hard to believe others could love us. Getting a more balanced view of ourselves changes our perspective. It becomes easier to love ourselves when we acknowledge how hard we are working to change. We want love. We deserve to be loved. We must be the initiators.

Loving myself may take effort, but if I remember that I’m doing the best I can, and then do it, today will be easier.

© 1994 by Hazelden Foundation

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