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bluidkiti · 02-14-2024, 06:01 AM

February 14

The trouble with loving our neighbor as ourselves is that most of us do.

~Toni W.

Many people find it difficult to care about others as much as they care about themselves. The problem for us is quite different.

We can only give what we have. And the only love we have to give is the love that we've experienced for ourselves. That is our problem. Many of us have learned to feel shame at every turn, to expect abandonment, to look at the world through dark glasses. We haven't experienced ourselves as worthy objects of love - not often enough and not long enough. So the love we accord to ourselves is often tentative, conditional, halfhearted, and downright skimpy. Many of us are only able to love ourselves as long as it doesn't inconvenience or cause pain to others.

If we want to have more to give to others, we must first give more to ourselves.

Today, I will think about all the reasons I am lovable. I will demonstrate this love in all my dealings.

Today's reading is from the book Days of Healing, Days of Joy: Daily Meditations for Adult Children*

02-14-2024, 06:01 AM	#14
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 71,356	February 14 The trouble with loving our neighbor as ourselves is that most of us do. ~Toni W. Many people find it difficult to care about others as much as they care about themselves. The problem for us is quite different. We can only give what we have. And the only love we have to give is the love that we've experienced for ourselves. That is our problem. Many of us have learned to feel shame at every turn, to expect abandonment, to look at the world through dark glasses. We haven't experienced ourselves as worthy objects of love - not often enough and not long enough. So the love we accord to ourselves is often tentative, conditional, halfhearted, and downright skimpy. Many of us are only able to love ourselves as long as it doesn't inconvenience or cause pain to others. If we want to have more to give to others, we must first give more to ourselves. Today, I will think about all the reasons I am lovable. I will demonstrate this love in all my dealings. Today's reading is from the book Days of Healing, Days of Joy: Daily Meditations for Adult Children* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.