Loving Me

This was inspired by a quote that Just Plain ‘Ol Vic posted earlier today.

“Stop hating yourself for everything you aren’t. Start loving yourself for everything you are.”

It prompted me to write myself a letter on why I love me. I decided to share it and maybe encourage others to do the same.

Physically, I love my eyes, my nose, my smile. I love the shape of my body, regardless of the weight I am at, all my curves in all of the right places. I love my hands and my feet and toes. I love my “perfect” legs (as my gram used to call them). I love my hips and the way they move to the rhythm of good music.

Mentally, I love my brain, the way I think, the way I see things and try to see things from different angles, different points of view. I love the way my thoughts flow onto paper. That I can wrote in a poetic way. The way I day dream and close my eyes to see pictures. My analytical self, my mathematical self and my realistic self. But I also love my day dreamy, creative self.

I love my heart, that I can see and find the good in people. I love that I am trusting, that I give people a chance. Yes I may have been taken advantage of before but I have learned to let that go. It doesn’t mean that I do it again or continue to trust them. It means that I forgive and move on. I realize that the people who try to hurt me with their lies and manipulation are truly the ones hurting. I am learning to love my vulnerability. I was so scared to show it for so long but now I am embracing it, along with my sensitivity. These are the things that make me who I am and I don’t want to be anyone else.

I am proud of who I am. A loving mother, sister, daughter, friend, cousin. Not perfect but perfectly flawed and made into the woman I am today. Yes I’ve made mistakes, I’ve been hurt, lied to and taken advantage of. But overall, I am loved by many and the ones that are still around are the ones that matter. The rest have lived through their reason, their season and have made me stronger.
Yes I am woman….RAWR!!! and I love me!

33 responses to “Loving Me”

T. Wayne

March 1, 2016 at 11:06 pm

That’s a good letter! I like it.

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1. Elissa
  
  March 1, 2016 at 11:07 pm
  
  Thanks. So you gonna do one next? 😊
  
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  1. T. Wayne
    
    March 1, 2016 at 11:10 pm
    
    Maybe. But I did write one to my sixteen year old self:
    
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  2. Elissa
    
    March 1, 2016 at 11:12 pm
    
    Oh nice! Is it on here
    
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  3. T. Wayne
    
    March 1, 2016 at 11:12 pm
    
    I forgot the link: https://joyfulprocessblog.com/2015/12/06/to-me/
    
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jacquelineobyikocha

March 1, 2016 at 11:23 pm

I love how you took time to love yourself. Hmm! Sounds like a great idea..

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1. Elissa
  
  March 1, 2016 at 11:28 pm
  
  Hmm I have a feeling you may be inspired next…. 😆
  
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  1. jacquelineobyikocha
    
    March 2, 2016 at 6:41 am
    
    I think I will look at it seriously 🙂
    
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kelley

March 2, 2016 at 12:01 am

love it!

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1. Elissa
  
  March 2, 2016 at 6:16 am
  
  Thanks. It feels good to find the things we love about ourselves. It’s so easy to find what we don’t
  
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  1. kelley
    
    March 2, 2016 at 10:00 pm
    
    Exactly. Why is that?
    
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  2. Elissa
    
    March 2, 2016 at 10:03 pm
    
    Good question! Maybe you should blog about that! 😁
    
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Tikeetha T

March 2, 2016 at 9:42 am

Love it sis! I need to write a letter on why I love myself. Umph! Might be my next post.

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1. Elissa
  
  March 2, 2016 at 9:43 am
  
  Yes!! Ping me back when you do! Let’s start a love chain!! ❤
  
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Lisa A.

March 2, 2016 at 1:34 pm

Beautiful Elissa! I might have to do this one of these days.

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1. Elissa
  
  March 2, 2016 at 1:39 pm
  
  Yes!! Ping me back when you do! I’m hoping to start a chain. 😆 that would be cool!
  
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  1. Lisa A.
    
    March 2, 2016 at 1:49 pm
    
    Ok I will! I copied Tracy’s idea sometime back and wrote a letter to myself. You can check it out here if you want. http://lifeofanelpasowoman.com/2015/12/06/a-letter-to-me/
    
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SpiritualJourney17

March 2, 2016 at 4:29 pm

This is something everyone should do. Love themselves first (instead of nit-picking about themselves). 😊

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1. Elissa
  
  March 2, 2016 at 8:34 pm
  
  Yes! I thought it was a good reminder. We can always find what we don’t like! Thanks for reading
  
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Just Plain Ol’ Vic

March 2, 2016 at 8:34 pm

Reblogged this on Just Plain Ol' Vic and commented:
One of the reasons why I enjoy WordPress so much, the connections we can make here. I am glad to have played a small part for Elissa. This is a wonderful, self affirming post about loving yourself.

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1. Elissa
  
  March 2, 2016 at 8:35 pm
  
  Thanks for sharing! I love WordPress because I feel like it’s such a positive and encouraging community! I love how we all build each other up! So thanks for inspiring
  
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  1. Just Plain Ol’ Vic
    
    March 2, 2016 at 8:43 pm
    
    I am happy to help and send out a positive message!
    
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nosyjosie

March 3, 2016 at 12:53 am

This was awesome and I love that you found so many things to love about yourself. I struggle with this sometimes but have been changing that around this year. I think I will follow suit and write one myself. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂

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1. Elissa
  
  March 3, 2016 at 5:14 am
  
  Yes! I think you should! I’m sure there are many amazing things about you! Let me know when you do! Thanks for reading
  
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Faye

March 3, 2016 at 4:10 pm

From my perspective because I have come to KNOW I am loved from the higher place it then has become so much easier to love myself and the people around me. My God IS LOVE.

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DaisyWillows

March 21, 2016 at 3:03 pm

just stopping by – This was re blogged on WP and it touched my inner core xxx

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  March 21, 2016 at 3:03 pm
  
  Thank you. I’m glad to hear. Just trying to spread the love
  
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