Be a living transformer of Love - Step 9
Love yourself and take good care of yourself
Be realistic about yourself - about your negative and positive sides. And work to overcome your negative sides. But don't forget to play! Learn to laugh at yourself and your weaknesses, and enjoy life. Love yourself! And love yourself enough so that you know when to say no. The path of enlarging the heart is the path of giving. But first we must be able to care for ourselves before we can truly help others. And sometimes this means saying no when others demand something of us. When we constantly put ourselves at the service of other people's whims, we can overcharge ourselves. And when we overcharge ourselves, we lose focus. Then we don't take enough time or space to take care of ourselves. And we end up being less effective in serving God. Gautama Buddha once said, "You can search all over the world, and find no one more deserving of love than yourself."
Source: lecture by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Nov. 29, 1998
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