I'VE GOT A CRUSHH. IT'S ABOUT TO GET REEAL SERIOUS. I THINK I'M IN LOOVE.
You know how people say "To love someone else, you must first love yourself"? Well, it turns out they are right! If you're looking for a catch, you've got to be a catch. You have to believe it. There's a glow, a certain aura, that people give off when they are in love or loving what they are doing, and people can't help but find it irresistibly attractive. Fall in love with yourself, and you may be surprised to find great things and great people start to gravitate towards you. It's time stop searching out there for your perfect match, and put all that energy back towards yourself. Foster that self-love and self-worth that we so often downplay, ignore or deny. Too often, people settle for what they think they deserve. Do yourself a favor: raise your self-esteem, your standards and your expectations. Today. For a change, try treating yourself the way you would expect your ideal partner to treat you. In other words, date yourself! Compliment yourself, treat yourself, wine and dine yourself, impress yourself. Go out of your way to make you smile. We have an endless supply of love, so toss some of it to the one person that will always be there: you.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

#34 RULE OF ME-LOVE

Make yourself care packages in advance (for when you get sick and have no one around to look after you)

When sickness befalls you, it sure is nice to have someone to take care of you. Sometimes we are lucky enough to have people in our lives who love us enough to come near us during these miserable, contagious and helpless states. Other times, we are left to our own devices to wallow in self pity (and sweat and tears and mucus and puke) until our immune systems set us on a healthy path again.

Well, I got to thinking, why not make a care package for your future self with all of the comfort items you would like to have when you are sick?

It might include:
- chicken noodle soup cans or packets
- medication of your choice
- vitamin C, tea tree oil, Vick's vapour rub
- a giant soft blanket
- tea
- bath salts
- scrunchies
- Kleenex
- your favorite cereal or crackers (or other comfort snack)
- cozy socks or slippers
- a microwavable bean bag
- a good sick movie (Princess Bride or Ferris Bueller would be my picks)
- a throw in a couple cheesy romance novels
- anything else that might cheer you up - a photograph or a teddy bear

Put it all in a box or a bag and away in a closet somewhere, and you will sure be happy to see it waiting there that day when you can't will yourself out of bed, let alone outside your house.

( This would also make a great gift for somebody. Or better yet, make a few and have them ready to deliver to a sick friend at any given time. )


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