Comments on: Love thyself or else! http://www.simpleactions.com/love-thyself-or-else/ Positive Actions Performed Daily Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:56:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ron Maurer http://www.simpleactions.com/love-thyself-or-else/#comment-159 Ron Maurer Fri, 01 May 2009 06:37:32 +0000 http://www.simpleactions.com/?p=354#comment-159 I just found these to add: "It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others." -- Sydney J. Harris "We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The more self-love we have, the less we will experience self-abuse. Self-abuse comes from self-rejection, and self-rejection comes from having an image of what it means to be perfect and never measuring up to that ideal. Our image of perfection is the reason we reject ourselves the way we are, and why we don't accept others the way they are." -- Don Miguel Ruiz "There is no freedom like seeing myself as I am and not losing heart." -- Elizabeth J. Canham "If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away." -- John Steinbeck I just found these to add:

“It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.”

– Sydney J. Harris

“We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The more self-love we have, the less we will experience self-abuse. Self-abuse comes from self-rejection, and self-rejection comes from having an image of what it means to be perfect and never measuring up to that ideal. Our image of perfection is the reason we reject ourselves the way we are, and why we don’t accept others the way they are.”

– Don Miguel Ruiz

“There is no freedom like seeing myself as I am and not losing heart.”

– Elizabeth J. Canham

“If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.”

– John Steinbeck

]]> By: Eorsak http://www.simpleactions.com/love-thyself-or-else/#comment-158 Eorsak Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:41:04 +0000 http://www.simpleactions.com/?p=354#comment-158 Great blog post Ron! I actually printed it out and put it in my cubicle at work! Thanks for your positive attitude! Great blog post Ron! I actually printed it out and put it in my cubicle at work! Thanks for your positive attitude!

]]> By: Jean http://www.simpleactions.com/love-thyself-or-else/#comment-157 Jean Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:40:28 +0000 http://www.simpleactions.com/?p=354#comment-157 It's a tribute to our spirit that we continue to be loyal to ourselves in the face of such self-rejection and contempt. Just think how we could thrive and live our mission if we cherish ourselves! One simple action we could take in this direction (like you did in your post, Ron) iis to simply thank ourselves for keeping on keeping on. Jean It’s a tribute to our spirit that we continue to be loyal to ourselves in the face of such self-rejection and contempt. Just think how we could thrive and live our mission if we cherish ourselves! One simple action we could take in this direction (like you did in your post, Ron) iis to simply thank ourselves for keeping on keeping on.
Jean

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