on loving yourself…

SELF-LOVE SUNDAY⁣⁣

Let’s talk about LOVE ♥️ and more importantly feeling worthy of it.⁣⁣

Full disclosure: I wanted to come on Instagram to post quotes and sayings people throw out there, and then challenge or support them through research. ⁣⁣

🖤 This quote needs to be challenged: “You have to love yourself first before you can find love or fully love someone else.” 🖤 (Black hearts for dramatic effect, eh?) ⁣⁣

YOU ARE WORTHY OF LOVE. ⁣⁣

YOU ARE CAPABLE OF LOVING SOMEONE ELSE. ⁣⁣

•••AND•••⁣⁣

YOU MIGHT BE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH LOVE AT THIS MOMENT.⁣⁣

And you know what? That is perfectly okay. It’s okay to want more love in the hard moments of life. It’s okay to ask for love and support from your support system. ⁣⁣

And on the other side? ⁣⁣

It’s okay to love someone harder when they are hurting. It’s okay to keep showing them the light they have when they can’t see it. It’s okay to repeat yourself 1000 times until they hear you. ⁣⁣

What if you don’t feel it? ⁣⁣

The love you are surrounded by when you don’t love yourself will NOT fix whatever happened or is happening in your life. It will NOT save you. It will NOT completely fill you. It WILL be some of the water in your glass or popcorn in your bowl, but the rest HAS to come from you. ⁣⁣

YOU have to keep fighting the negative thoughts about yourself that are making it hard to love yourself. YOU have to focus on you for a moment. YOU have to find the scariest darkest part of you that you can’t love, and lean into it, learn about it, and work towards loving that part of you that makes you you. ⁣⁣

Your support system already loves the whole you. And don’t be afraid of losing them while you’re working to get there too. It’s okay to be in this space and they want you to find your full potential. You are 1000% capable, and you’ve got this!