To all my favorite valentines, I am hoping that on this Valentine’s Day, you give a wonderful gift to the person that should mean the most to you in your life – YOU!   Cheryl Richardson had a wonderful idea for a New Year’s Resolution (and how many have you kept thus far?)  Her idea was to love self more. A wonderful idea for the new year!  I thought at Valentine’s Day, this would be a special gift to the one you love, or should love most – you.  If you cannot love yourself, how can you truly love another?  If you don’t respect yourself, how can you respect another?

How many ways do you berate yourself during the day and where and when does it begin?  When you look in the mirror first thing in the morning (I hate my hair, I’m too fat, I need a face lift, I have too many freckles, I am going bald, blah, blah)?  Or is it as soon as your feet hit the floor getting out of bed (I’m getting old, my joints hurt, my feet are so ugly, I hate getting up for this job, I’m tired)?  All these thoughts take away from self-love.  You know why?  Because all these thoughts will create the very thing for you that you do not want in your life.  Would you do that to someone you loved dearly?  No.  You would say things to them that were positive, do things that were positive, speak of them in a loving way.  Then why don’t you do that for yourself?

Without getting too metaphysical, as I wanted to keep this particular blog along the basics, if we truly are Divine within, as I believe and many of you do, why would you say I AM fat?  I AM not worthy.  As Wayne Dyer says, when you use the words “I AM” in any sentence, you are truly declaring the God within.  Would you put God down when it comes to your own self?

Mike Dooley, whom I adore and lifts me up each morning with his “Notes From the Universe,” (and if you don’t get these, you should - sign up for them for free on his website www.tut.com), teaches that thoughts become things, so choose the good ones.  It is a given truth that we create our own reality through our thoughts.  So if you keep saying, “I can’t lose weight,” guess what – you won’t, for the Universe interprets the vibration of your thoughts, what you focus upon, positive or negative.  Abraham and many others have taught this for years.  Thoughts become things.  A simple, yet profound statement. 

So this Valentine’s Day, choose to give yourself a gift you would give to someone you love, and I don’t mean chocolates (though that is a nice gift, so splurge if you are inclined).  When you look in the mirror in the morning, as hard as it may be, see yourself with love.  You are a manifestation of Divine Consciousness as YOU.  Love yourself (Louise Hay’s most famous line) and be kind to yourself with good thoughts, loving thoughts.  Feel the joy of being unique. 

The other thought I had today was that many people suffer from self-worth.  But each one of us is part of the whole and is a necessary part.  Imagine a body without a particular cell.  Every body has all the cells it needs to be whole.  If you cut yourself or lose some skin from a scrape, what happens?  The body fills it in with new cells because it needs them all.  Just as a body needs all the cells in the microcosm we are, the macrocosm of the Universe needs each soul, each being of energy to make it whole.  Rather like George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” we are all necessary for all other things to be as they need to be.  So consider the importance of Self, as you are one of the necessary components of the whole of Divine Consciousness.  You would not have been created otherwise, so you must be needed.  How does it feel to be needed by the Divine Consciousness of creation?  It should make you feel somewhat more worthy, I would hope.

So give yourself a gift of love this Valentine’s Day, and forever after, for when you love yourself, you open up to all the gifts the Universe has to offer that will bring you joy. When you love your self, you can be in joy, and the vibration of joy is very high on the scales.  It allows the Universe to bring to you exactly what would make you even more joyful.  Dr. Dain Heer has a wonderful line in his teachings that opens the doors to all the wonderful things the Universe has to offer.  No matter what is happening, whether you perceive it as “good” or “bad,” ask yourself in a positive way, “How does it get any better than this?”  Then the Universe has to show you something better!  That is how it works.  Perhaps I’ll go over the other three questions he likes people to ask about challenges, but today’s only challenge is looking in the mirror and seeing how beautiful you are, and asking that question about your life with a feeling of positive expectation – how does it get any better than this!!??  Trust me, it works. 

Happy Valentine’s Day, with a very special blessing of love and thoughts from Archangels Chamuel and Seraphina, the Twin Flames that deal primarily with love.

“Many do not understand the saying that if you do not love yourself, how can you truly love another.  The explanation of this is that if you do not love yourself, you cannot feel whole, and so look for wholeness outside of self.  When this happens, the love is conditional, not unconditional.  If you are whole within self, which means you love yourself, your own company, then you can love another unconditionally, without strings attached or constantly fearing the of the loss of them.  People need to come together to celebrate love, not have it bind another.  So perhaps this will help you to understand the meaning and importance of loving self first, so that you can love another and feel the freedom that flows through that love, without conditions, without judgments, without fear.  Unconditional love is sacred love.  So love self and feel wholeness within, then you can truly love another and be in joy over that love and not have it attached to fear.”

Spring is coming!  The days grow longer!  Stay positive, especially about yourself!

Love and blessings to you all ~