As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.<\/p>\n
Today, I know, this is \u201cAUTHENTICITY\u201c.<\/p>\n
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me.<\/p>\n
Today I call it \u201cRESPECT\u201c.<\/p>\n
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.<\/p>\n
Today I call it \u201cMaturity\u201c.<\/p>\n
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment, so I could be calm.<\/p>\n
Today I call it \u201cSELF-CONFIDENCE\u201c.<\/p>\n
As I began to love myself I quit steeling my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm.<\/p>\n
Today I call it \u201cSIMPLICITY\u201c.<\/p>\n
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health \u2013 food, people, things, situations, and everything the drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.<\/p>\n
Today I know it is \u201cLOVE OF ONESELF\u201c.<\/p>\n
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time.<\/p>\n
Today I discovered that is \u201cMODESTY\u201c.<\/p>\n
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where EVERYTHING is happening.<\/p>\n
Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it \u201cFULFILLMENT\u201c.<\/p>\n
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But As I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally.<\/p>\n
Today I call this connection \u201cWISDOM OF THE HEART\u201c.<\/p>\n
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born.<\/p>\n
Today I know THAT IS \u201cLIFE\u201c!<\/p>\n
by Charles Chaplin, from a speech given on his 70th birthday, in 1959<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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