055-Self love part 4 - Buddhism in daily life

Whoever wants to find more self-love should learn to see life
through "rose-colored" glasses, to see the positive side of
things. My father used to say, "Son, even the worst event also
contains something good, never is something only bad, but also
never only good." Well, he certainly spoke with great wisdom
there, only I didn't want to believe that at the time.


No matter how bad something may be about you at first glance,
look for the good side of it. Consciously put on the rose-colored
glasses, look for the positive things first, disregard the
negative qualities (for now). Self-love exercises are not really
difficult, they basically start with your own person. With nobody
in this world everything is bad, every person has his advantages,
but also his disadvantages. But it is a question of observation,
do I see the positive sides in me enough? Or am I simply not
optimistically inclined? What can I change about it?


It is always important to ask yourself where the (negative)
thoughts are coming from right now. In which context does my
thought palace start with the ugly head cinema? Take such a
negative thought, look at it extensively. Where does this thought
come from? Why does it come up now? And what happens if I treat
it differently than usual, will it go away? Can I maintain
control over the thought? Am I sure about the "negative"
thoughts, too? Do I know for sure that I am doing "everything" so
wrong? Could I just see it differently, judge it differently,
does everything really apply as I imagine it?


Well, you have your faults, like every other person, by the way.
Start to like yourself, even though you have these shortcomings.
Nobody is perfect and without flaws, quite simply nobody. Just
because we are made to believe in glossy magazines that there are
such "great people", stars, doesn't mean that everything is so
great with these people. They create a beautiful appearance that
is supposed to dazzle the viewers. But Buddha warned us to look
behind the scenes, not to be fooled. Even if you have your
faults, you can still like yourself. Keep telling yourself in
your mind that you like yourself because you are lovable, just
like all people.


The path is the goal!


Read more about the topic "self-love" in the next days.





Friendship is shown in three ways: You help each other to
overcome the unwholesome, to develop the wholesome, and you do
not leave each other in misfortune.


- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before
the year zero





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