Self Love

"How often do we just look at ourselves in the mirror and say, 'Dude!! I look good today'? How often do we tell ourselves that we are enough and there's no need to sacrifice our comforts for others? How often do we talk about self-love? How often do we post our pictures on social media without any filters? How often do we talk about our achievements as well as our failures without hesitation? How often do we sit back, relax, and tell ourselves, 'I did good, but I can do far better than this, and I should do far better than this'? How often do we write about ourselves? How often do we take ourselves on dates? How often do we celebrate our success, whether it's big or small? How often do we follow our hearts? HOW OFTEN DO WE TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS WITHOUT ANY HESITATION AND FEAR OF GETTING JUDGED? Very rarely.

This year was full of ups and downs, but the most important thing I have learned is I didn't give up. This year, I won many battles, got hurt physically and mentally, friends became enemies, and strangers became family. I made new commitments, took new resolutions, tried my best to balance personal and professional lives, invested time in things beneficial for increasing my knowledge and peace of mind, learned to be more responsible towards myself, my family, friends, and students. But the most important thing I have learned is SELF-LOVE.

SO WHAT IS SELF-LOVE?

Self-love is loving yourself as you are, rather than becoming what people want you to be. Self-love is accepting your faults and putting effort into working on them. Self-love is, rather than sacrificing your needs and desires, working on fulfilling them. Self-love is appreciating yourself rather than waiting or longing for someone else to do it for you. Self-love is the first step towards a successful and happy life. Self-love makes you INVINCIBLE. It makes you fierce, adventurous, rational, empathetic, and most importantly, it makes you more human. Self-love is following and doing what your heart says and taking all the responsibility for the consequences, rather than blaming others."