with myself.
As I get ready for my birthday tomorrow, here are some things that I need to top up on:
-----I need to become acquainted with myself. I need to accept my feelings and understand them. I also need to pay attention to my intuition. I need to listen to my inner voice. I need to nourish my soul. According to Native American wisdom, the Creator has a way of allowing us to see or know things in the spiritual world. This is called the Sixth Sense. The Sixth Sense is like a radar system; our personal radar system. It will help us "see" opportunities and help us avoid disaster. We must learn to listen to it. We must learn to trust it. We must learn to act on it even if our head says differently.
-----I need to make time for myself. I need to recognize that my needs are important. I need to do things that I love, and take good care of myself-physically, mentally and emotionally. I need to not put myself down and even if, sometimes, I have to step back, it must be with the full knowledge that I am stepping back for someone who is very important to me and because my stepping back will help him/her. I am not to step back because I feel inadequate or small. We each have our strengths and shortcomings, and I need to recognize mine, and accept and love myself with all of them.
I have to practice forgiveness. I have to learn to forgive myself and others.
I have to be able to accept where I are right now. Of course, I have to keep striving for where I may want to be, but it is important that I be patient with myself through the different chapters of my life.
I have to realize I am beautiful just as I am. There is no need for a mask, and no benefit in pretending to be someone I am not. I have to love the parts of myself that bring no applause from others. My beauty lies in my imperfections, vulnerabilities, and insecurities. I need to embrace who I am. I have nothing to prove to anyone.