February 2017: Self Care & Love
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Self Care & Love
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What does it mean to take care & love yourself?
How can one practice these acts & still have time for community?
To take care of yourself is to indulge in your desires, keep track of your needs and go forth confidently in life.
To love and take care of myself means being resilient while being with loved ones. There’s got to be a schedule in place so that both fighting injustice and taking care of yourself can get accomplished
Sometimes self care is ugly and looks a lot like my face in tears my body trapped in my bed but self love is knowing when to wake up and listen to Kendricks “I”
Self love is dancing the night away and loving everyone and every part of yourself
To take care of yourself is to shamelessly indulge in self-love, whether it’s through treating yourself, having high confidence that even others will envy you, forgiving yourself and validating yourself. Take care of yourself in the same way you would take care of your own child.
To take care of yourself is to not drown in being alone. Being alone is not your enemy. Being alone is not synonymous with sadness
Loving yourself is acceptance. Being present, unapologetic’ you now in this moment get enough.
It means to accept yourself
**Tea a day keeps the heartache away.
Step 1: Boil hot water
Step 2: Add turmeric powder (½ teaspoon), cinnamon powder (½ ts), grate some ginger (add)
Step 3: Let it steam
Step 4: Pour it in your fav. mug
Step 5: add honey & lemon
Step 6: enjoy
Step 7: light a candle
Step 8: breathe in forgiveness
To take care of yourself is to forget
to all the men in your life telling you to take care of them first.
loving yourself means to unlearn to compare yourself to those white european standards
Be the love you deserve
Being your true self regardless of approved from others
Show kindness everyday (no matter how small an act)
No matter what you have experienced know that you are enough ♥
You deserve to watch another episode. Go ahead & eat another slice of cake. Take that nap. Do whatever you need to do to keep going ♥
love yourself no matter what
Love yourself, care for yourself bc if you don’t you’ll fall deep in a dark place. In order to feel better & to be able to love others you need to love yourself & care for yourself. It takes time but it’s okay ♥
Sometimes all you need to love yourself are the contents of a shared locker. One huge calc book, 2 boxes of extra butter, popcorn, 3 pairs of running shoes, stacks of old timey movies, tea bags and an extra huge blanket to warm the heart with laughs and horrible puns.