A Poetic Lesson in Self-Love

Dearest Systahs,
I want to remind you as we celebrate Valentine's Day to remember that you may search the entire earth and never find anyone who is more deserving of your love than you are. Often we forget in our selfless work of caring for others to nurture and pamper ourselves. Don't feel guilty or hesitant about receiving what you deserve. When we learn how to generously take better care of ourselves, we actually end up having more love to give and support others. We all deserve love and it starts with YOU loving YOU! Take care to be well, my systahs!

LOVE LESSONS
© 2011 S. Renee Mitchell

On this Valentine’s Day
I vow to give myself ten times more love
Than I expect to receive from others
Because I know what it takes to please me
I will show you how to adore me properly
And how to be tender with my bruised sense of self
I will issue myself compliments ‘til my cheeks blush
And rub my tired limbs with warmed coconut oil
‘ til I burn with passionate desire for my unlimited potential
I will devour my delicate chocolate kisses
Savoring the pleasure around and around on my tongue
Before I swallow the unrelenting goodness of me
I will reward my generosity with peaceful meditations
That appreciate the beauty in nature, art and simplicity
I will romance myself with words of inspiration
And whisper sweet affirmations to my mirrored reflection
That remind me to take time to take care
To refill the loving reservoirs I regularly deplete by pouring into others
More than that, on this Valentine’s Day
I will not wait for another
To love me better than I love myself
So when my next righteous lover finds my heart bare and longing
He will recognize how to do me right