Darshän Beauty

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
THIS AUTUMN fall in love with yourself!

Crisp leaves, cool temperatures, deep blue skies-what isn't to love about autumn! I am grateful to live in a four-season state and experience the magnificent ebb and flow of earth's life. Whether the temperature changes are striking or subtle where you live, the changing seasons represent important cycles in our environment and in our bodies, minds, and spirits.
Fall, to me, represents a time of shedding what's not working for us. It's a time of cleaning out closets, changing wardrobes, and rejuvenating the body and spirit. It is a time of preparation for the great slowdown of winter, when our bodies call for warm soul foods, less activities, and more rest. Just as the trees change color and shed their summer attire, we humans are invited to change our attitudes or our perceptions and shed the weighty burden of judgment and over-activity.
As we are drawn indoors to escape the chilling winds, we are also drawn inward to reflect on the state of our health, our relationships, and our ideas about ourselves. Why not take the time this fall to go a little deeper, peel off the layers of self-doubt, insecurities, frustration, or anger, and discover the real you that is beautiful, loving, and forgiving.
Why not take some time to fall in love with yourself! Sure, for many of us, we can be over-reaching, a little needy, a little too judgmental, a little too insecure, but hey we're human. But under that ball of complexity lies a diamond-in-the-rough. We are unique gems and true gifts to the world, even with all of our flaws, but ... what separates us from all other living things on this green and wondrous earth is that we are capable of change. We are capable of achieving our wildest dreams. We are capable of exceeding our greatest expectations. We are capable of boldly going where no human has gone before... You gotta love humans!
The SIMPLE TRUTH is that you are worth falling in love with a dozen times over. Take a few minutes each day and point out to yourself one new reason that you love you. After a week, you'll be crazy about yourself and the beauty of that is that once you start seeing how wonderful you are the world will start noticing too.

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