avatarLucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)

Summary

The website content discusses the importance of learning to receive love as part of self-love, emphasizing that one is enough just by being oneself.

Abstract

The article "Receiving Love" delves into the concept of self-acceptance and the ability to receive love as a counterpart to giving love. It acknowledges that some individuals may find it more challenging to accept love than to give it, often feeling undeserving unless they have invested enough effort. The piece suggests that the journey to receiving love begins with self-love, which includes dedicating time for personal enjoyment without the pressure of productivity. The core message for Valentine's Day is that individuals are inherently enough and should embrace self-love without the need for overcompensation. The author, Lucy Dan 蛋小姐, reflects on the difficulty of accepting love from others and how self-love practices have allowed her to grow and accept love more readily. She expresses gratitude to Galit Birk, PhD, for inspiring her with a Valentine's Day poem prompt on self-love.

Opinions

  • The author believes that giving oneself love is a crucial step in learning to receive love from others.
  • It is suggested that time should be set aside for personal enjoyment, not just for productivity or after completing tasks.
  • The article conveys that self-worth is not contingent on one's achievements or efforts; one is inherently enough.
  • The author reflects on her personal journey, indicating that practicing self-love has helped her to stop feeling the need to overcompensate when receiving love.
  • There is an appreciation expressed towards Galit Birk, PhD, for providing the poem prompt that sparked the author's reflection on self-love.

Receiving Love

A poem

Photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash

Some find it easier to give than receive love. It almost feels like you don’t deserve to receive something if you hadn’t personally invested enough, done enough in the first place.

In practicing how to receive love, perhaps the first step that was effective was to learn how to give and receive love from yourself.

This means making time in your schedule for moments solely for you, solely for enjoyment (and not for productivity), and abandoning the idea of only resting, eating, healing when “enough” has been done.

At the heart of this Valentine, is a simple message: you are enough, by simply being you.

Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) wants to thank Galit Birk, PhD for her Valentine’s Day poem prompt on self-love. In reflection, I thought about how hard it was for me to start giving myself love, and part of it was finding it difficult when others gave me love in the first place. In practicing self-love, I’d been able to grow and accept without feeling the need to overcompensate. 💓 Check out her prompt here:

Poetry
Poetry Prompt
Valentines Day
Love
Self
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