I have been working on discovering myself, the good, the bad, and sometimes the darker shadows of me. Understanding how important acceptance of self is to the quality of life I want to live and experience.

Society has always taught me, in my understanding that you must find love outside of yourself, that to complete ourselves through another, I have always disagreed with this idea. But I still always found myself searching outside of me following the crowd, no surprise, I only found misery that way!

Learning to love God, is learning to love myself, we are created in God’s image, correct? So if I dislike myself, how can I have a close open heart relationship with God, unconditional love? I cannot, those two things cannot coexist together.

I am realising through this healing journey, this unconditional love relationship I have been searching for has always existed inside of me! When I embraced God’s love, I was also stepping up to love myself unconditionally, holding myself with loving acceptance in all my ways!

I have been looking for me, this entire time! Feeling at home inside of myself, embodying my whole self, with loving acceptance and awareness, unconditionally!

I am grateful for God’s love, because his love saved me! Amen