“LOVE YOURSELF”: TWO WORDS THAT HAVE CHANGED MILLIONS OF LIVES.

How can a two -word sentence can be so powerful, that it has changed lives of million people?
It is just a reminder that no one tells anyone. No one reminded us that we need to love ourselves.
When I first started it, I took a very simple step. Earlier, whenever I went through very hard time, I just wanted to leave the world. I might not really want to die, I just wanted to escape. When I came to know about love myself, what I did was during such bad times when the thought of death was about to come in my head, I told myself, “love yourself”.
When people made me think I am the problem and I can’t achieve anything, I told myself, “love yourself”.
When people criticised me harshly, I told myself, “Hey , why are you breaking down? Don’t you love yourself ?”
And it worked.
I try to live every moment and look ahead instead of being afraid of changes and what lies ahead. I remind myself that my life is worth living and I am a unique one.
Love is a divine feeling, even if it is selflove. When I look into my eyes in the mirror and smile, when I listen to my heart beat lying on bed in a silent noon when every one is asleep, when I feel a sudden euphoria out of nowhere, or when I confess myself, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t do that to you”. When I talk to myself and laugh, those are the feelings that no one else can give me.
I try to know myself more every day and I am discovering myself every day. Taking care of myself is a beautiful thing. As I am a bit out of touch from my parents because both of them are working, I take care of me. It feels like self parenting. Instead of crying about why others don’t give me much time, I myself try to fill in the blank. I stopped comparing myself with other teenagers and started accepting my own world and attitude. I am surprised to see how beautiful it is. My way of making friendship, celebration or happiness may be different but it’s not wrong. It’s unique.
Now I am more confident than ever before. I can speak myself, I can raise my voice. I trust myself now. I value myself instead of feeling inferior. Now I know that life is a journey, a journey of finding yourself through good and dark experiences. The journey of finding the map of your soul. The journey of finding who you are……