Loving Myself this Valentines Day
Today at our Weight Watcher meeting, we talked about loving yourself on Valentines Day. Putting yourself first – taking the time to care for yourself instead of caring for others. And this is what I needed to hear this week before Valentines Day.
I’ve talked before about how I have trouble applying the first principle, Inherent Worth and Dignity of Every Person, to myself and seeing that I have my own inherent worth and dignity. And that doesn’t even broach the whole loving myself. Heck, sometimes I don’t even like myself, much less love myself.
But so far this year, I’ve been doing better. Every time it gets to this time of year, I get pretty down. Seventeen years ago my dad died, and yah, safe to assume, it was a rather traumatic time for a 10 year old. I don’t know if its just effects of that which drag me down in February, the post-resolution-breaking blues, or the whole being single on Valentines Day. Maybe its some big combination of all of the above, or something that’s not even on my mind right now.
But this year, I’m not feeling that. I’ve stuck to my resolutions. Well, I don’t call it that. It’s the start of my new life. And its been going well. Lost 16 pounds so far on Weight Watchers – hitting my goal 2 pounds a week for every week but one (although it averages out to more than 2 a week.) My apartment is nice and clean and organized, I’ve been getting my art on, and eating uber healthy, and I just feel better than I have in a long time.
And this Sunday, I’m going to focus on loving myself. I’m going declare the whole day My Day, and after church, I’m going to do whatever I want…that shows I do love myself. I need to work on loving my body and treating my body with the respect it deserves. I need to keep on working out and eating healthy. So this Sunday, I’m definitely going to hit the gym another day. I might watch some movies. I might veg out in front of the Tivo. I might right, I might paint. I might declutter some more. Who knows? But I am going to love myself this Valentines Day.
I’ll be showing my love to other people, of course, with requisite family phone calls, leading the youth group at church, and Friday I’ll be writing love on my arms (more on this Friday. If you can’t wait, google writing love on her arms.) But Sunday, it’s all about loving myself.
