Today I am thankful for my community. I didn't wake up feeling like my best self. Things have been going well for me lately, but these "things" have made life quite full, and there are some other "things" in my personal life that have been lacking attention. So I woke up thinking about everything that is not going well, and found myself starting the day a bit down on myself.
This happens sometimes—we are our worst critics right? But if we are lucky, we are blessed with reminders from people and moments in our days that help us back on the track to self-love. Today my community members really gifted me with those reminders. Someone reminded me that I have good style. Someone reminded me that I have a good sense of humor. Someone reminded me that this blog is hard work. Someone reminded me that I am good at my job. Someone reminded me that I am a good cook. And right around 8pm, someone knocked on my bedroom door to say, "I love you," before they went to bed. They reminded me that I was loved.
This also reminds me of a prayer or mantra I used to say to myself when I was struggling with self-worth and learning to accept my sexuality... I would say, "If God loves me, and I love God, then I can love myself." It is quite simple. If this all-knowing, all-loving, and all-benevolent God truly loved me for who I am, and I claimed to love them back, then I should love what God loves—I needed to love myself.
And so I am going to sleep feeling much better about myself than when I woke up.
I am thankful for the reminders for self-love from my community today (whether they new they were giving them or not). And I am always thankful for the reminders from the wise Spirit above.
Peace,
Parker <3
