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Tu realidad cambia cuando cambias tu manera de pensar porque…
Entiendes que el amor propio no es repetirse frases bonitas, sino cambiar la forma en la que te hablas cuando fallas.
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Your reality changes when you change your way of thinking because…
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You understand that self-love isn't about repeating nice phrases to yourself, but rather changing the way you talk to yourself when you fail.
Today I'm going to be very honest. For a long time, I thought self-love was standing in front of the mirror and repeating nice phrases to yourself. You know, the typical "I love myself, I am enough, I deserve everything good," and I'm not saying it's wrong, BE CAREFUL! Sometimes those phrases help, especially when you're feeling down, but over time I realized that's just the tip of the iceberg. True self-love isn't about what you say when everything is going well, but how you talk to yourself when things go wrong. That's where you really see if you're taking care of yourself or if you're burying yourself without realizing it. Because, honestly, what do you tell yourself when you screw up? When you don't keep your promises, when you fail again, or when you make a big mistake... Are you one of those people who tell themselves I'm a disaster, I'm worthless, or I'll never change? Because if that's true, I understand. I used to do that too. You become your own worst judge without even realizing it, and that, far from helping you improve, only sinks you further. One day, after a really bad mistake, one of those that hurt, I found myself saying horrible things to myself, and I don't know why, I asked myself, what would happen if instead of speaking to myself like that, I spoke that way to someone I love, a friend for example? It seemed so cruel to me that I felt ashamed of myself, and that's when I realized how could I expect to have self-love if I didn't treat myself with love? Since then, I started doing something different. Every time I make a mistake, because obviously I keep messing up, I try to talk to myself the way I would talk to someone I love, with compassion, with honesty, but without punishment. Something like: Yes, you made a mistake, it's clear it wasn't right, but you're growing, you're learning. The important thing now is what decision you'll make. And that changes everything, because change doesn't come from rejection, change comes from understanding. It's not about justifying everything or avoiding taking responsibility; it's about stopping hurting yourself while you try to do better. There are days when you'll feel strong and ready to take on the world, and other days when you won't want to get out of bed, and that's okay. But even on the darkest days, you can choose not to talk to yourself as if you're the enemy. You can, and should, choose to talk to yourself as someone who is rebuilding and doing what they can with what they have. So the next time you fail—because you will fail like everyone else—pay attention to how you talk to yourself; that's the key moment. In that moment, nice phrases are of no use if you're hurting yourself inside. In that moment, what helps is understanding, accepting, and supporting yourself. And that's true self-love. See you in the next chapter ;)
How ​​are you going to change if every time you fall, you just dump more dirt on yourself?
Self-love is learning to be your own refuge, not your battlefield.