Salmon Pink Ranculus by Amy Palko reprinted under creative commons license
With Valentine's Day tomorrow, this time of year is all about love — and gifts that symbolize love.
And of course, I will share my love with my sweetie, my daughter and other important people in my life. But I am also reminding myself to love myself first and foremost.
I'm finally getting that all love and the quality of our relationship begins with self-love.
I'm learning that without deeply, unconditionally, and passionate love for myself, I can't truly love another or fully experience the fullness of the wondrous possibility that love is.
And I'm learning to give myself the love that I've been seeking outside of myself — fill myself up with it — and then overflow to others from that full place.
Then, and only then, I can experience the power and beauty of true love.
So this Valentine's Day, I'm buying myself flowers and cooing loving words to myself as a reminder of how important a loving relationship with myself is.
I'm hoping to find some ranunculus, but roses or a mixed bouquet would be fine, too.
I invite you to find a way to love yourself this Valentine's weekend, a way for you to let yourself know how important and loved you are, by you.
You might also want to check out:
- James Ray's video Valentine Message here, which inspired this post.
- Apartment Therapy's 7 Last-Minute Valentine's Bouquet Tips.
- Design Sponge's Weeder's Digest: Valentine's Flowers Decoded.
Tell me, which flowers would you choose to give as a Valentine to yourself?
(For more luscious flower goodness, check out Amy Palko's Flickr photostream of flora and fauna here. I love, love, love her photos. I'm going to follow her blog now, too.)
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