You Are Always Going To Need People To Say Nice Things To You Until……..

Sharon Kimber
Jul 27, 2017 · 2 min read

…..you learn to start saying them to yourself.

The other day I realised I had said something to someone that was actually my ego fishing for a compliment. And I started thinking about why, and it dawned on me that I was always going to need others to make me feel good about myself until I learned to make myself feel good about myself.

So, as I do a lot in my house, I jumped up and wrote on the bathroom mirror in whiteboard marker “You are always going to need people to say things to make you feel good about yourself until you learn to start saying them to yourself”.

Ten minutes later, I overheard my daughters boyfriend ask her why her mother writes stuff all over the house :-) She responded saying “That’s just what she does, I think she wrote that for me”. He replied “Oh, I thought she meant it for me”.

And I realised that it had hit a nerve with every person in the house.

I truly believe that self love is the basis of happiness, when we learn to truly love our selves, our success, our failings, our mistakes, our bodies, everything, that’s when we really achieve happiness. And the two biggest steps we can take towards self love are forgiveness and self compassion.

Sharon Kimber

Authentic Dating Coach/Summoning Your Soulmate Facilitator - Business Owner - www.souldating.online & www.soulstuff.online & www.soulsingles.online

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