love yourself

"If you don't love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won't be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with yourself - Wayne Dyer

Okay, so I fell off the self love wagon yesterday, but thanks to the truthful words of a dear friend I am back at it. I need to learn that I can only control how I handle situations and not how other people handle situations.

For the past 24-hours my mind has been swirling with how the "old" Wendy would handle this. But, now is the time to figure out how the new Wendy is going to handle these stressful and difficult situations.

As I build the new me, I can't rely on the old coping mechanisms. I can't bury them deep and forget they ever happened. I can't sweep them under the rug. I can't eat them away. I have to stand up, face them and let my feelings be known. It is easy to say that while I am sitting here in silence, just me, my pen and paper. But, I have to find the backbone to stand up for myself. I love and approve of myself.... and I must never ever forget that.