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Principle 15: self love isn’t about how you look, or what you do, it’s about how you love

Forcing change or be somewhere you arent is counterproductive to peace. It’s how you choose to live. Are you loving? Dreaming big? Showing up for yourself? You are enough. You don’t have to become more than what you are. Self acceptance.

Principle 14: you are a gift. Remind yourself, how lucky you are to be alive.

The more grateful we are, the more abundant we feel. Focus on things going well. Don’t be a bad dash to get anywhere or conquer a new goal. Be happy to be alive and to be you. When you love yourself, peace prevails. Stop trying to pick up yourself, change yourself, or make yourself into anything else.

Principle 13: when you heal yourself, you help to heal the world

Focus on health = healing. Stop comparison. Participate in your life. Focus on your well being- what pain needs to healed?

Principle 12: your relationship with yourself sets the tone for everything in your life

How you treat yourself is how others with treat you. You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. In relationships, we work hard to prove loveability and worth. Don’t allow people to treat you less than you deserve. Dont stay past expiration dates.

Principle 11: your dreams are the invisible architecture of your life. Trust them and honor them.

Fear stops us from pursuing dreams. Excuses keep us stuck. I can’t do that because I’m not educated or
smart enough. A man won’t love you because of your hair- you are beautiful as you are, and there are many people who want to be with you for your genuine self.

Principle 10: you get what you focus on.

Our thoughts are important and what we focus on matters. Focus determines results. Focus all your attention on what you want. Don’t waste time with thoughts that don’t bring you joy.

Dating: go out into the world and do what you love, and be confident you will meet people. Hold the belief that word is meant for you will always find a way.

Principle 9: the more you, you show, the more your life will flow

We get offended because something in a comment that someone made about us reflects a place that still needs to be healed. We feel the need to defend ourselves. You need to love your insecurities and show more of you. The more you show of your real self, the easier it will be to align with people who want to be around you and like you.

Principle 8: when you nurture the inside, the outside will flourish.

You have to love yourself, before finding love. If you truly love yourself, then you meet people who do as well. You meet people who are less judgmental, and committed to making their dreams come true. Who are open minded and dedicated to personal growth.

Principle 7: things don’t happen to you, they happen for you

Struggle can look like things are happening to us, but struggle and growth go hand-in-hand. If you don’t like the outcome you were living, you have a choice. Choices to get out. Troubling situations are opportunities to learn more about yourself, and how they fit into your greater life plan. What good is coming out of situations troubling you?

Principle 6: how you feel is more important than how you look.

Focus on how you feel and your habits will change. You’ll start making choices that benefit how you feel, and it will improve how you look. Once you like how you look, be careful of your habit of worry manifesting itself in something new.