How are your relationships with others?
How is your relationship with yourself?
Whom do you see when you look in the mirror?
Take a minute and look at the relationships you have with others in your life and how closely they resemble how you see yourself.
This quote by Vironika Tugaleva is an enlightening one because often times we forget or just never realize that our friends are a reflection of how we view ourselves. There is that saying that you are the average of the five people you surround yourself with.
Who are those people in your life?
Do they provide a positive or negative benefit to you?
When looking back at my past relationships and the new relationships I am developing, I can certainly see the connection between how I viewed myself back then versus now and how the interactions with those people differed.
We connect with others based on our values, beliefs, and passions. However, if you are at a point in your life where you are not in alignment with those or are unsure of what they are, your relationships will also show that.
In addition, if your self-perception is negative, if you are unhappy with the person staring back at you in the mirror, it will be difficult to have nourishing, healthy relationships.
Being someone who had a negative self-perception over many years to developing a stronger, more positive image as I continue to learn and grow as an individual, my relationships with others are also becoming more nourishing.
Self-love and acceptance are the seeds to fulfilling, long-lasting relationships.
When you are able to love who you are and accept yourself as is, flaws, weaknesses, strengths, good and bad, you will realize there is no need to compare yourself to others. You begin to understand that there is only one of you and that you are unique. That you are not perfect and that is ok. It allows you to be your true self, freeing you of any negativity you may have been holding on to and projecting on your relationships with others.
Begin to take inventory of your life. If the relationships you have with others are not the most beneficial or not all that they could be, look within yourself. Notice if there is any internal conflict or sense of lacking within that you can begin to address and resolve.
Improving the reflection you see of yourself will also improve the people you attract around you. It will also clear out the ones that are no longer in alignment with who you truly are.
Now it’s your turn.
How does this quote inspire you?
Tell me about an experience where you were able to see your self-perception at a given time directly related to those you associated with. Was it during a time of negative self-perception? How has it changed since then?
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Remember, you are not alone on this journey. Together we can become stronger individuals.
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