Higher Love

There is this beautiful concept known as unconditional love that is defined as a devotion that has no bounds and is unchanging. It is love without limitations.

Now, it does not mean you feel the warm and fuzzies at all times, but it does mean that frustration, anger and hurt do not diminish this absolute and untethered love.

So, here’s the question of the week. What would it look like for you to unconditionally love yourself? Here are just a few possibilities:

• Recognizing your own blind spots and the harmful things you may have been exposed to yet accepting that you

truly are doing the best you can, right now.

• Believing that even on your worst day, you are still doing the best you can.

• Releasing self-judgment because it rarely, if ever, serves you well.

• Creating a benevolent stance toward self that allows a whole lot of space for forgiveness, compassion and grace.

To love as unconditionally as humanly possible starts with a higher love for self. It begins with you.