{"id":571,"date":"2009-04-23T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=571"},"modified":"2009-04-23T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T20:25:00","slug":"love-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=571","title":{"rendered":"Love Yourself&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SfIjZ7jOc9I\/AAAAAAAABlc\/yBezXN3xM_I\/s1600-h\/Photo+1245.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SfIjZ7jOc9I\/AAAAAAAABlc\/yBezXN3xM_I\/s400\/Photo+1245.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328360237521859538\" \/><\/a><br \/>Today I had a lovely visit with a friend and children.  I am not sure but I think that this beautiful weather makes me more friendly.<br \/>It makes me want to have parties, BBQ and hug my friends.<\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to enjoying our property.  When we moved mid September last year, it seemed winter came by immediately.<br \/>Yuk.  So with the grass changing from a icky brown to various shades of green, I feel like my soul is filling up.  I even feel like baking&#8230;  it is just a feeling so far!<\/p>\n<p>Today I was thinking of how important it is to love your self.  Some people just seem to do so but for so many it is a process.  For me, a long process.  I am sure that I was projecting such insecurity that it just sent a message of &#8220;please leave me alone&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>I am not sure when I started to realize that I am worth the effort.  Probably in university was when the seed was starting to sprout.<\/p>\n<p>After children&#8230; definitely.  When I had wee ones that were so  dependent on me&#8230;  I had to forget about my fears and inhibitions and grow up.  Loving your self is a gift that you give to your children too.  I don&#8217;t want my children to have such little self worth.<br \/>I realize that self esteem  is a process that begins as a child and is a journey that each child takes.<\/p>\n<p>How I treat myself is how others will treat me.   Now days sometimes my head can get a bit swollen from all the compliments I shower on my self.  Other day&#8230; it is pretty ugly.<\/p>\n<p>I just hope that my children will never feel they have to throw themselves at anyone for friendship.  I hope that they grow knowing that they are each a gift, special and unique all unto themselves.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that they treat each of their friends and siblings with respect.  That is a hard one.  Siblings&#8230; the constant tug of war between love and hate.  Yet RESPECT is a must&#8230; I am constantly struggling to keep them from crossing over to put downs and insults.<\/p>\n<p>If you were to meet yourself&#8230; would you want to be friends (with yourself)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I had a lovely visit with a friend and children. I am not sure but I think that this beautiful weather makes me more friendly.It makes me want to have parties, BBQ and hug my friends. I am looking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=571\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}