Be your own Valentine!

Happy Valentine's Day! As much as Valentine’s day is about expressing love for those special people in your life, I think it is just as important to express love to YOU. Loving yourself has nothing to do with vanity or arrogance—those emotions are only expressions of fear. When you truly love yourself, you are able to cherish and appreciate yourself for the wondrous being that you are. Loving yourself enables you to create a life of joy and fulfillment. Remember that everything in your outer world is a mirror of what goes on in your mind. If you want to find love and acceptance in your outer world, then that’s what YOU must first give to yourself.

Today, this is my Valentine to you: Stop criticizing yourself—now and forevermore. Love and accept yourself as you are right now. When you do, you’ll blossom in ways that you can’t even imagine. Love will heal you. Your love for yourself will work miracles in your life. Be your own Valentine today and every day moving forward.

Just for today, I remember that Life is very simple. What I give out comes back to me. Today I choose to give love.I am comfortable in looking in the mirror and saying "I love you". I recognize that love happens when I release the desperate need for love, and instead, allow it to find me in the perfect time in the perfect way. I draw love and acceptance into my life, and I accept it now. Love is really all there is. And so it is.