Tammy brings us a different kind of meme.
“To whom or what do you give your greatest love and why?”
A few days ago a fellow blogger asked me that very question. Tammy said that her greatest love is for herself. When I read her blog post it reminded me of Whitney Houston’s song the “Greatest Love Of All.”
They say that self-love is the greatest love of all. It isn’t always easy for people to love themselves. They say that you have to love yourself before being able to love someone else. True!
I didn’t always love myself and there are things I don’t like about myself, but I heave learned to accept them. I admit that I don’t always look in the mirror and think I’m beautiful. I do know that I’m worthy and deserving of being loved something that many people don’t feel, because they simply don’t love themselves.
To answer Tammy’s question:
“To whom or what do you give your greatest love and why?”
Without a doubt I love my parents, and I love my children unconditionally. I even love myself, but I give my greatest love to my husband. I am grateful to him for everything he does. It is because of him I am alive. He has stayed by my side through some difficult times. I find my husband loves the qualities that I don’t always like about myself. Knowing that he unconditionally loves me makes me feel better about myself.
I hope someday my daughter finds that unconditional love that her father has given to me. Sometimes I don’t think she loves herself as she often ignores her wants and needs just to have a man in her life. I wish that she could see loving herself is the greatest love of all. I hope that someday she will look in the mirror and realize that she’s beautiful. She is loved unconditionally by both her father and I. She needs to love herself.
Do you love yourself? To whom do you give your greatest love and why?
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6 responses so far ↓
Wrote: Jun 28, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Ahhh… But its so easy to love someone who shares the same feelings as you….
Shawn
Wrote: Jun 29, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I’ve learned to love myself, after years of hard work, but I give ~85% of my love to my family left on this earth–my brother, son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren because they are links to my future and my past. I look at my grandson Jaxon and see my father, my granddaughter Veda has my stubbornness, and I could go on and on.
To my dead family members–biological mother, my stepmother who raised me with love and kindness, and my grandparents, I send my love every day. They are no longer on this earth, but
they live in my soul, and their unconditional love helps me get out of bed every day!
Great post.
Wrote: Jun 29, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Love is in reality nothing more than an assigned level of trust given to others, as they demonstrate to you they are worthy of such trust—-obviously there
are many levels of trust/love—-and we frequently err and assign wrong levels, and are surprised and hurt when we least expect it—but as you hear me say frequently, no matter what we do—the sun comes up in the east—one learns to roll with the punches—life goes on
Wrote: Jun 29, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Yes, it is hard to love yourself some times, but that’s probably because I have to spend all my time with me … I never give me a break!
It’s much easier to love yourself when you have someone who loves you … because you get to see yourself thru their eyes, and that’s always a good thing I think.
Wrote: Jul 2, 2008 at 3:21 am
I love who I have become but that took time as I dealt with childhood abuse. I may love myself, but I don’t always like myself.
It is like going through the layers of paint on a wall. With childhood abuse, even when grown is worked through until the next color of pain needs dealing with. This process gets easier with time, but it is a life long journey.
I love my family, however I love the people who have counseled me; those who have taught me to love myself.
Merriam
Wrote: Jul 3, 2008 at 11:54 am
Wonderful post, Rose.
Thank you for responding.