Bing Your Own Best Friend
We can only accept friendship from others to the degree that we give it to ourselves.
Being a friend to yourself is as important as anything you will ever do. If you allow yourself to just think about it, it really does make sense. Once you become aware of being a friend to yourself, circumstances begin to change immediately. Once you put it into your head and your heart) that you want to be a friend to yourself, Things will instantly begin to improve for you. This is a promise.
There are certain things, certain pieces of wisdom that you can’t hear too many times. Every time you hear them it is like you think, Oh yeah! Being your own best friend is one of those things. The More you focus on being a friend to yourself, the better friend you will be to yourself. And the better friend you will be to others. All in all, the end result of being good to yourself is more inner peace, self esteem and overall happiness.
I have made a list of some things that can help you be a friend to yourself. Much of what is needed to make this work is simply being aware of it as a goal. Think to yourself as often as possible, “What is the best thing to do for myself in this situation?” or “what would I tell my best friend to do?”
●Stand up for yourself, your ideas, or what is right or wrong—even when you are the only one.
●Don’t say bad things about yourself to other people or to yourself.
●Spend quality time with yourself.
●Plan something fun to do once a week.
●Focus on your attributes.
●Save money. (Even if it isn’t a huge amount, it does something for your sense of security to know you always have a stash of money somewhere.)
●Eat as healthy as you can, but allow yourself to eat some junk food on the weekends.
●Don’t spend time with people who are mean-spirited.
●Think of yourself as a friend. No one deserves to be treated with love and respect more than you do. Do whatever it takes to remember that.
●If you are in a situation that doesn’t feel good, leave.
●Keep a gratitude journal. Every day write down five things that you are grateful for. (This will change your life.)
●Spend time with people who make you laugh.
●Take yourself lightly
●Always ask yourself. “What would I want my best friend to do in this situation?”
●Set goals for yourself)start small and achieve them.