We all know how important self-love is, but what does it really mean to love and care for yourself. Some people connect the idea of loving yourself with “spoiling” yourself with a day at a spa, massage, hot bath, taking care of your hair, and other things that make you happy.
And this is not wrong at all because doing things that make you happy is one form of self-love, but the real truth is that there is so much more to it than you might actually think.
Loving yourself means loving all of yourself (your quirks, flaws, imperfections) and accepting every single part of you that you cannot change. It means finding peace within your body and soul.
You find it by working on your attitude, by being kind and mindful to others and yourself. Loving yourself is all about accepting and praising your uniqueness, and it is not about changing or being overly critical toward yourself.
It is about accepting and celebrating the fact that you are an imperfect being and that imperfection is precisely what makes you perfect. It is about seeing the bigger picture of your actions and your existence.