Work on Loving Yourself

The external world is a reflection of every individual walking around on it. Your internal narrative, inner critic, and voices from childhood dictate the experience others feel in your presence.

Work on loving yourself as a constant practice, to actively interfere with unconscious projections that take the form of heroism, workaholism, perfectionism, victimism, over-giving, and unhealthiness. The care you allow toward yourself first gives permission for others to care for themselves. A collective that is self-compassionate breeds compassion, appreciation, and kindness. A collective that is, alternatively, lacking in compassion and love for self breeds and projects selfishness and vacancy.

While counterintuitive, self-love is a prerequisite for healthy and unconditional love toward life, living, working, and all the beings involved. Tenderness toward others but not toward self? Self-sacrifice and martyrdom never end up well for anyone in the short or the long term.

Begin close to home, with and for yourself, and without apology or guilt. This way, you build ley lines that energetically ripple out for broad benefit in the collective whole.