What gift are you giving yourself?

Every year millions of people leave one incredibly important person off their gift-giving list...themselves. This holiday season, how about giving yourself a gift?

Don't worry, you don't have to go to the mall again. In fact, you don't even need to wrap it. And it won't cost you a dime.

What is it? Find a way to love yourself. Find a way to do something that honors and celebrates who you are and recognizes your life's potential.

Looking at the coming year, what one change could you make that would have a significant positive impact on your life? How can you show up more authentically? What ways could you show more love for yourself? What is missing in your life that you can commit to moving towards? What would feel really good to incorporate into your life?

As you're thinking about this gift to yourself, I want to encourage you to do it in the spirit of love and compassion, not in the spirit of "should." Make it a treat to yourself. Make it a way to support yourself, to acknowledge yourself, to love yourself. Find something you can feel pulled toward, rather than something you have to make yourself do.

As soon as it becomes a should, then it becomes yet another damned thing to feel guilty about when you don't do it. If it's coming from a place of love and compassion, there's no guilt, only warmth.

What gift would you like to give yourself this season? 

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by Curt Rosengren, Passion Catalyst

Comments

[Aarthi]

what a beautiful post Curt, thank you. this was a beautiful gift :)

[Wendy]

"Find a way to love yourself. Find a way to do something that honors and celebrates who you are and recognizes your life's potential."How warmly the sentence.
Thank you so much!
I decide to give myself the gifts as you say.
I must love myself ,and love my family.
Just give them more time to stay with.
I don't want to work all day!Just face the computer!
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