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The Moment I Began to Love Myself
Hello Friends!
I wanted to share this Charlie Chaplin Poem with you because it moved my entire being when I read it. It is true that as we age we become wiser, we grow, and the things that worried us in our younger years don't matter as much. I came to realize that the most important thing is to truly love, honor, and respect ourselves from the deepest part of our being.
Because the truth is...
No one is going to love us as deeply as we can love ourselves, no one is going to respect us if we don't, no one is going to complete us because the only way to happiness is to complete ourselves and then maybe we'll be fortunate and encounter someone who will complement us and join us in this journey called Life.
I am still young and with a lot to learn. I am by no means perfect nor do I attempt to be because I enjoy my imperfections and my own company. I am not scared of silence or hearing my own voice and my own truth. I realized that no one will love me enough to wake up everyday excited to live and make my dreams come true. It's all on me. It's all up to us -- not to give power to things outside of us that we can't control.
I learned the hard truth, that we are responsible for ourselves and that our actions determine our outcomes, but you know what? This truth has liberated me, it has given me the freedom to choose the person I aspire to become and the person I choose to be in every moment. My friend, every moment is an opportunity to become the best version of ourselves.
I am grateful to receive the knowledge and wisdom I pray for. I am grateful for being alive and to be blessed with the opportunity to breathe everyday and take steps to make my dreams come true. It doesn't matter what you believe in, as long as you believe.
"When I Started Loving Myself”
A Poem By Charlie Chaplin Written On His 70th Birthday On April 16, 1959:
When I Started Loving Myself
I Understood That I’m Always And At Any Given Opportunity
In The Right Place At The Right Time.
And I Understood That All That Happens Is Right –
From Then On I Could Be Calm.
Today I Know: It’s Called TRUST.
When I Started To Love Myself I Understood How Much It Can Offend Somebody
When I Tried To Force My Desires On This Person,
Even Though I Knew The Time Is Not Right And The Person Was Not Ready For It,
And Even Though This Person Was Me.
Today I Know: It’s Called LETTING GO.
When I Started Loving Myself
I Could Recognize That Emotional Pain And Grief
Are Just Warnings For Me To Not Live Against My Own Truth.
Today I Know: It’s Called AUTHENTICALLY BEING.
When I Started Loving Myself
I Stopped Longing For Another Life
And Could See That Everything Around Me Was A Request To Grow.
Today I Know: It’s Called MATURITY.
When I Started Loving Myself
I Stopped Depriving Myself Of My Free Time
And Stopped Sketching Further Magnificent Projects For The Future.
Today I Only Do What’s Fun And Joy For Me,
What I Love And What Makes My Heart Laugh,
In My Own Way And In My Tempo.
Today I Know: It’s Called HONESTY.
When I Started Loving Myself
I Escaped From All What Wasn’t Healthy For Me,
From Dishes, People, Things, Situations
And From Everyhting Pulling Me Down And Away From Myself.
In The Beginning I Called It The “Healthy Egoism”,
But Today I Know: It’s Called SELF-LOVE.
When I Started Loving Myself
I Stopped Wanting To Be Always Right
Thus I’ve Been Less Wrong.
Today I’ve Recognized: It’s Called HUMBLENESS.
When I Started Loving Myself
I Refused To Live Further In The Past
And Worry About My Future.
Now I Live Only At This Moment Where EVERYTHING Takes Place,
Like This I Live Every Day And I Call It CONSCIOUSNESS.
When I Started Loving Myself
I Recognized, That My Thinking
Can Make Me Miserable And Sick.
When I Requested For My Heart Forces,
My Mind Got An Important Partner.
Today I Call This Connection HEART WISDOM.
We Do Not Need To Fear Further Discussions,
Conflicts And Problems With Ourselves And Others
Since Even Stars Sometimes Bang On Each Other
And Create New Worlds.
Today I Know: THIS IS LIFE!