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Recognizing Your Greatness
Self-Care, self-knowledge, and being mindful of the self can show you your inner worth
Do you know somebody that always seems to succeed? Do you look to that person and just know they are awesome, and of course they are successful?
How come it’s so much easier to look to others and see the greatness in them, but not in ourselves?
A great deal of this comes from a rather epic lack of self-care, self-knowledge, and a misunderstanding of the line between selfish and selfless.
What is self-care?
Self-care is exactly what it says it is. Care for the self. This occurs on three distinct levels — physical, mental, and spiritual.
Physical self-care includes hydration, eating healthy, exercise, and any other activities that impact the body. These meat popsicles we are running around the planet within require care and attention. Yes, we often neglect our bodies due to any number of other reasons, likely the most frequent being a belief in a lack of time.
Mental self-care involves reading, journaling, learning new things, practicing existing skills, and anything that improves the mind. In a constantly-changing Universe, our minds require both stimulation and mental exercise. Use it or lose it is not incorrect, per se. The more we work on our…
