Why Not Love All of Me?
There’s a personal revolution that is possible in all of us. It’s a revolution that can bring a new level of self-acceptance, a sense of peace and a rush of love (read: acceptance) that is actually unending. So, where is the road map into this experience?
I have been looking at the places in me and about me that I still don’t love, in other words the places I do not accept, the things, and ways about me that I resist or even abhor – that are simply not invited into my heart, my own center stone of mercy; and mercy being the very thing that really heals our hearts and sense of self, and which can only start from within to radiate outward. It is with mercy for ourselves first, that we can embody the kind of unconditional, true love that we all yearn for at the deepest levels.
With that, I have been working on inviting in the parts of myself that I secretly or not-so-secretly hate. Yes, I said “hate”. How does a person begin this process? There are countless ways. Here is one…
I think about what I don’t like about myself, journal or talk to a trusted friend/teacher/counselor about it. I try to be as honest as I can and I attempt to acknowledge the resistance I have to myself as I am. I look at my judgments of myself or other people as a guide to my love of self – or lack of love, in places.
Judgments are great guideposts, even if they get a bad wrap. I try to sit with the way my judgments feel. Sometimes I can’t do it at all or not for very long because I am distracted or in too much pain. But I am learning that the inquiry is a solid start in loving all of me. As is.
Trucking toward love,
Amy
