self-love-quotes Archives - The Bullsh*t Positivity Project (2024)

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Self-love is multidimensional. It’s important to tell yourself that you love yourself. And I do this—all the time. But it’s also important to behave in ways that communicate that you love yourself, that you’re worth it, and that you view yourself as a high priority. I have to remind myself of this a lot. Because sometimes, I find myself saying, “I love myself” over and over with it not quite sticking. It’s then that I ask myself, “What am I saying to myself through my behaviors?”

I’ll be honest with you, my self-care is not entirely where I want it to be right now. Sometimes I skip out on going for a walk, I forget to read just for fun, or I choose to mindlessly scroll through some app instead of feeling my feelings.

My body then picks up on these cues, and naturally feels a bit sad, helpless, and neglected. It thinks, “I’m not worth going for a walk every day” or “My feelings are so scary, I need to distract myself from them.”

The point is—your behaviors matter. You have to show yourself that you care.

Don’t worry about me, I’ll figure it out 😉 It’s no easy fix and I’ll be starting with some small, attainable goals to kick my self-care butt back into gear. But I hope this was some food for thought—What do your behaviors communicate to yourself?

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Message to self: I’ll always love you. Sometimes that will mean kind words and gentle embraces. If you need someone to say: “It’s okay”—I’ll be there. But sometimes love will mean sitting with emotions you really don’t want to sit with. We’ll do that together too. Sometimes love will mean stepping out of your comfort zone, and working—messily and uncertainly—towards the life you want.

And sometimes, love will mean gently unraveling yourself from that cocoon of safety that lies so sweetly.

My dear, remember to put in the time. Remember that karma is real. And remember that love will serve you well.

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My dear, you’re only human. You will make so many mistakes, uncountably many. Be kind. If you are numb, something deep down must really hurt. If you are struggling to be present, remember, so are most everyone else.

You are doing the best you can. I will never ask anything more than one step—no matter how small—in the right direction.

Maybe you should focus a little more on what you’re doing well. Multiple times this week, you got out of bed when it felt physically painful. You said: “I will be brave, I will face the uncertainty, and I will hope that all that is good will find me.” Every day, you put faith and trust in yourself. Hundreds of times a day you make decisions with intent, kindness, and awareness.

And above all, you make it a priority to share love—what a beautiful thing.

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This is me tonight. I am stressed and tired, and I’ve been eating turkey all day like it’s the only food group out there (it’s not 🙃 ) I am very much in need of a break!

So excuse this very short blurb, I’m going to go crash. And tomorrow, when I’m studying and inevitably feeling the pressure, I’m going to remember to take breaks when I start getting super stressed. Today, for example, I had to go run some errands to get a little distance between me and my anxiety, which was telling me I was never going to finish my assignment.

The motto is: if you need a break—take a break. You can take a break for absolutely no reason at all. We’re only human and we are, in fact, in charge of our story lines. So define you own universe, make it a kind one, and take breaks as needed.

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I am afraid. I am afraid of a lot of things. There are too many things to count, and too many things I don’t want to count. But here’s what I think. I think that it’s okay to be afraid (like really, really, afraid). I think that it makes sense for things to scare us.

I’ve been told that when we experience trauma, when we feel unsafe, our bodies remember, and the trauma has a tendency to be reborn, over and over again.

I really don’t know what to make of this, besides to say that this seems to be the peculiar (maybe not so peculiar) way that bodies work. And so, I think that it’s definitely okay for things to really scare you.

Today, I’m going to try to be kind to my fear, especially the fear I’d rather not look at. I don’t understand my fear, it’s frustrating, confusing, and maddingly elusive, but I respect that it’s here.

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I find that this truth makes the present a little more bearable. When you remember that your spirit is kind, you will take delight in who you are. Kind spirits should be treasured, loved, supported, cared for, and cherished.

Life will always be difficult. Pain and suffering are real, and I can’t explain it any better than the next. I wish I could give you an answer but I can only tell you that when I remember that my spirit is kind, my heart lifts, I feel proud of who I am and I think: well, what a good thing that I am here. Kind people make the universe a better place.

And if you don’t feel kind, you still are. Kind souls can hurt, kind souls can go dormant to protect themselves—that’s okay. It doesn’t change their nature.

I have faith that one day, after you have received all of the care that you need, after practicing the art of introspection, you will remember the truth: Your spirit is kind and your life is valuable.

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What if taking care of yourself mattered most? What if everything else—all of our deadlines, all of our responsibilities, all of our grand plans—bowed to self-care? Self-care isn’t selfish. To me, self-care means recognizing that I am not a body, not a mind, not a machine. I am a spirit.

A few years ago, I would have worked myself to death in the first week of school. I would have put in 13 hours a day on the weekend because I felt that I had to be ahead and that I had to understand everything perfectly. Shaking from the adrenaline of the fight, I would close my eyes at night not having spent a single second with myself. Machines can work 13 hours a day. Spirits need to remember who they are.

Nowadays, when the stress of school starts to get to me, I lie down. I lie down in the dark, and I breathe and I think of myself, and my friends, and my loved ones.

I think about who I am as a person. I think about what makes my life a happy one. I think of what I’m grateful for. This is how I remember to take care of myself.

How are you going to remember to take care of yourself today?

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