Posted in General / Principles on Apr 9th, 2010
Over the past week, I’ve been pondering how I want to structure this blog moving forward. My original concept for “the Healing Project” was that it would primarily focus on my personal journey toward health and wellness in all aspects of my life, using Louise Hay’s “You Can Heal Your Life” and other books and philosophies. My intent was to share both my struggles and triumphs while doing my best to formulate my insights into meaningful lessons for my readers.
However, as I actually started writing the blog, it followed a bit of a different path. My posts have been more in the form of structured lessons. While I would like to continue to post the formal lessons when appropriate, I would like to also incorporate some informal posts when appropriate.
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This post outlines the final three key principles from “You Can Heal Your Life.”
“We must be willing to learn to love ourselves.”
Many years ago, I first heard the saying, “You can’t love anyone else unless you love yourself first.” At the time, I despised this saying and vehemently disagreed with its sentiments. Although I was clear that I didn’t love myself much back then, I believed that I was a loving person and fully capable of loving others. Now I am much more open to the message, except that I would qualify the saying by adding the word fully, as in “one cannot love another fully unless he loves himself.” If we are mired in self-criticism and self-hatred, there is much less of ourselves to give to others, which makes us less able to love others to full capacity.
Yet, the ability to love others fully is only one reason for us to love ourselves. When we treat ourselves with loving kindness, we experience a number of other benefits.
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This post is a continuation of the key principles of Louise Hay’s philosophy. This post outlines three more of the points which are the basis for “You Can Heal Your Life.”
“Resentment, criticism, and guilt are the most damaging patterns.”
There are many thought patterns that can be harmful to us, especially if we engage in them on a regular basis. However, some patterns are more harmful than others, and Louise Hay contends that resentment, criticism, and guilt are the most damaging patterns of all. Upon reflection, I would have to agree with her. Let’s look at these patterns one by one, along with some examples of each, to drive the point home.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines resentment as follows:
a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
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