Thank you, Louise, this is very helpful. We all tend to not see ourselves as a « person ». Indeed, I had a powerful experience with an exercise I found in one of Louise Hay book. I looked at myself in a mirror and, for the first time in my life, I smiled at me and said Hi: it was really like meeting a stranger and a real revelation that made me cry. I then got acquainted with myself and we became best friends but it took time. The mirror exercise was the first step of recognition.
I still struggle as taking in compliments, though, without embarrassment. I try to replace it with self love and gratitude but it is still a work in progress. And, your right, the secret is to take a moment to let the joy brought by the compliment to fill your heart, it will make you beam with gratitude. Lots of love.
Geraldine, thank you so much for sharing your experience and that exercise from Louise Hay! Sounds like an amazing process and I love what you wrote about meeting yourself like a stranger and getting acquainted.
And you said it so much better than myself: "the secret is to take a moment to let the joy brought by the compliment to fill your heart, it will make you beam with gratitude." So true!
Great post! It's true that we often delude ourselves into thinking we’re less than what we really are. It’s good to be reminded that there are ways to break the delusion. Thank you for writing this and for the practices you’ve suggested.
"When somebody gives you a nice compliment, assume that they mean it. Take it in. Don’t let it pass you by, and don’t wave it aside. Assume that this compliment might be the truth about you, or at least closer to the truth than any negative self-talk."
This is exactly how I have chosen to receive any compliment I get.
Thanks Louise for sharing very insightful post.
Your encounter with the elf-woman was very funny and unexpected 😀😀
I love this practice and I am offering "on the table" meaning you get to pick up what may resonate with you or not, but I often find astrology helps with exactly this kind of radical self-acceptance and love. I'm particularly enjoying The Pattern app right now, which I wrote about here: https://camillasanderson.substack.com/p/astrology
I really love this article! Def one of the things my old self wouldn't believe if I went back in time to tell her. It's funny how something so simple can be one of the hardest things for us to accept.
I love this article! Thank you! I have done that a few times myself where I find myself observing me, and liking me, but thinking I was watching someone else. Especially I love your advice on how to embrace our self with love. Beautiful self love story. Have a wonderful day! 💞✨💞
It is a wonderful feeling but also very strange because you feel like you were meeting yourself for the first time and you like yourself. I wish I had it more often. Lol! Have a beautiful day!
Thank you, Louise, this is very helpful. We all tend to not see ourselves as a « person ». Indeed, I had a powerful experience with an exercise I found in one of Louise Hay book. I looked at myself in a mirror and, for the first time in my life, I smiled at me and said Hi: it was really like meeting a stranger and a real revelation that made me cry. I then got acquainted with myself and we became best friends but it took time. The mirror exercise was the first step of recognition.
I still struggle as taking in compliments, though, without embarrassment. I try to replace it with self love and gratitude but it is still a work in progress. And, your right, the secret is to take a moment to let the joy brought by the compliment to fill your heart, it will make you beam with gratitude. Lots of love.
Geraldine, thank you so much for sharing your experience and that exercise from Louise Hay! Sounds like an amazing process and I love what you wrote about meeting yourself like a stranger and getting acquainted.
And you said it so much better than myself: "the secret is to take a moment to let the joy brought by the compliment to fill your heart, it will make you beam with gratitude." So true!
Great post! It's true that we often delude ourselves into thinking we’re less than what we really are. It’s good to be reminded that there are ways to break the delusion. Thank you for writing this and for the practices you’ve suggested.
Thank you so much for your comment, Franco! I love that you called it out for what it is: a delusion. That’s a great way to frame it.
"When somebody gives you a nice compliment, assume that they mean it. Take it in. Don’t let it pass you by, and don’t wave it aside. Assume that this compliment might be the truth about you, or at least closer to the truth than any negative self-talk."
This is exactly how I have chosen to receive any compliment I get.
Thanks Louise for sharing very insightful post.
Your encounter with the elf-woman was very funny and unexpected 😀😀
Hahaha, yeah. My internal self-perception is definitely different (more clumsy and awkward) so it was weird to see myself in that way.
I love this practice and I am offering "on the table" meaning you get to pick up what may resonate with you or not, but I often find astrology helps with exactly this kind of radical self-acceptance and love. I'm particularly enjoying The Pattern app right now, which I wrote about here: https://camillasanderson.substack.com/p/astrology
Enjoy❤️🙏🕊️
Thank you for sharing this, Camilla!
I really love this article! Def one of the things my old self wouldn't believe if I went back in time to tell her. It's funny how something so simple can be one of the hardest things for us to accept.
So true; self-love is so simple and yet so hard. Thank you for reading and commenting, Kathy!
It's so crazy, eh? It was never something that was taught to us, and only some of us were fortunate enough to learn it much later in life.
And np!!! Keep up the great work!
I love this article! Thank you! I have done that a few times myself where I find myself observing me, and liking me, but thinking I was watching someone else. Especially I love your advice on how to embrace our self with love. Beautiful self love story. Have a wonderful day! 💞✨💞
Oh, I'm so glad you also got to have that experience a few times, Charlotte! It's the best-est feeling in the world, isn't it?
It is a wonderful feeling but also very strange because you feel like you were meeting yourself for the first time and you like yourself. I wish I had it more often. Lol! Have a beautiful day!
So true!