Are you afraid of being my own friend?
Do you judge yourself to much to be a friend to yourself?
Do you think it’s hard to be your own friend because you know all your weakness, failures and habits and think your not worthy?
Yet you accept and love your friends for who they are? YES! (I hope you do!) They probably have some imperfections, even if you don't focus on them? Are they still wonderful people worthy of love? YES!
So why do we judge ourselves so much? Why do we put ourselves down for reasons that I dare say are mostly in our heads. I get it, there are layers of beliefs, life long environmental and emotional shaping and programming, bla bla bla... its all his-story.!!
But as my mother pointed out to me one day when I was having a victim-consciousness-pity-party; "Your an adult with your own mind; you can be whoever you want to be darling".
In that moment I stopped and reflected and chose to let go of all the old beliefs and programming and realise that yeah, I am my own person, I can change my mind, I can create new positive habits and beliefs for myself and I am not at effect of anything; I am the creator of my universe!
It's all pretty simple really. Let go of the old, integrate the new, and start to see yourself as a master and creator; when you do you see the powerful and perfect being that you are, you start to gain acceptance and love of self.
It can be hard to change an ingrained behavior or attitude but when you are ready to, you can let go of that. I find it helps if you choose a daily practice to help you with this; whether that be yoga, meditation, metaphysics, life coaching, even walking, whatever helps take you into yourself, in a mindful way and promotes stillness and clarity of mind, are wonderful things to practice.
When you are ready to do so, make a commitment to accepting yourself, and developing a lifelong friendship with yourself.