Finding yourself - Find the right person

"Oh great, more people preaching at how I need to better my self before I can find the perfect person" - Mr. Anonymous. Well... Mister Anonymous, that's because it is very much true. Before you can give all your love to someone and expect that in return, you must first love and respect yourself. Loving yourself is not vanity, its about knowing what you want out of yourself, life and partner. In order for you to know if the new individual in your life is the person you want to be with, you have to know who you are and what you truly like. We all have a mask on, a visage for the world to see, and in caring this mask for so long we tend to believe it's who we truly are. In reality it can be the complete opposite of what you really want, and you just don't know it yet. We are afraid that if we take off the mask the world will not accept who we are. This is completely untrue. Upon taking off the mask, you will remove a great emotional and spiritual weight from your shoulders. We can do this with a few easy steps:

Step one: Find your personal reality. For one reason or another we all adopt this idea of what are lives should be and what we should be doing at this very moment. This ideal of happiness has been pushed upon us by our friends, family, and society. In order to find who you are you have to be able to look at yourself and say I like doing this or that. The beaten path may not be for you. If you like running on the beach, do that! Hang gliding, you bet ya go for it! If you just want a life in the woods were you farm and live off the land do that. The whole point of this step is to find who you are and what you want from your life. Not everyone wants to be a millionaire, but everyone wants to be happy.

Step two: Use your time, don't let time use you. Join in things that you find enjoyable! If you like making scarfs,poetry, reading,painting do it. Using your time in a way that you see fit. Doing this can bring you great peace and harmony.

Step three: Take care of yourself. Your body is a wonderful work of art and you have to treat it like the masterpiece it is. That can be doing something as simple as taking a walk every night or eating an apple a day. Starting somewhere is better than not starting at all. Not everyone is meant to be skinny(thin), but we all are meant to be healthy.

Step four: Stand strong. Don't let individuals bring you down with their negative attitudes. Once you start doing the things you love, people will try to shut you down because what you are doing may not be the norm for them. Never-mind them, these people are trying to push their unhappiness on you. Don't take it personally, and don't give in to ideas and beliefs that you aren't ready or willing to accept.

Step five: Appreciate. Sounds easy right? But in this fast paced society, we lose sight of the big picture. Take time to appreciate what you have and how far you have come. Complete self happiness is a process, it takes time. You don't have to sprint to the end! Enjoy each step of the way to your personal reality and you will have a new perspective on who you are and what you enjoy. With this new found self, you will be able to find the person who really complements you at the core.

I know these steps can be very hard to master, but the mastery will come with time. Rome wasn't built in a day. So keep at it! You will have some set backs but the main point is that you are going for your goals and doing the things that you want to do, when you want to do them. You are a miraculous being, capable of achieving great thing. Don't be afraid to be miraculous in everything that you do.

Source: Google it up, y'all.

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