A Recipe for Self Love

• Take full responsibility for your life.
  Stop blaming others.
  See yourself as the cause of what happens to you.

• Do things you like to do.
  Don’t stay in a job you don’t like.
  Participate in life at the highest level you can.
• Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts.
• Watch what you say. Avoid self put-downs.
  Stop being critical of yourself and others.
• Be gentle and kind and patient with yourself.
  Give yourself the simple pleasures of life abundantly.
  Wear clothes you feel good in, get a massage etc.
• Take care of your body.
  Give it exercise and good food.
• Be willing to create a life-style that generates and nourishes self-esteem.
  Associate with others with high esteem.
• Acknowledge yourself frequently.
  Keep a diary of your successes and accomplishments.
• Avoid comparing yourself with others.
  Remember that it’s who we are, not what we do, that’s important
• Give yourself permission to do nothing periodically.
  Schedule time by yourself.
• Frequently take deep breaths.
  Discover the benefit and pleasure of breathing fully.
• Eat first class frequently.
  Don’t look at the right side of the menu.
• Stop trying to change others.
  Focus your attention on being the way you want others to be.
• Look into a mirror regularly
  and say "I love you, I really love you".
• Stop feeling guilty and saying "I’m sorry".
  See mistakes as valuable lessons and avoid judging yourself.
• Consciously generate positive thoughts and feelings of self-love
  in place of old thoughts of inadequacy.
• Be willing to laugh at yourself and at life.
  Stop taking yourself so seriously.
• Accept compliments from others without embarrassment.
  Don’t invalidate their positive thoughts and feelings about you.
• Be kind to your mind.
  Don’t hate yourself for having negative thoughts.
  Gently change your thoughts.
• Keep your awareness and your thoughts focused in present time
  instead of living in the past or future.
• Acknowledge others frequently.
  Tell them what you like and appreciate in them.
• Invest money in yourself.
  Go to seminars, workshops and courses that develop your talents.
• Make a list of 10 things
  you love doing and do them frequently.
• Treat yourself as you would treat someone you really loved.
  Praise yourself.