Self Love vs. Narcissism

If you don't love yourself ...how can you expect anyone to love you?

Contrary to what many may believe, Loving yourself is not an act of selfishness.   That would be narcissism.  Sadly, most confuse self-love with narcissism.   But I am here to tell you that there is a vast difference between self-love and being narcissistic.

Self-love is acceptance of who you are, as you are,  in this moment.  Narcissism detests acceptance of anything that does not meet it's unreachable standards and  is not perfect.

People with Self-love embrace change -- they actually welcome it.   They happily and gratefully accept the changes that occur with our bodies over time.   Self-love has no need to flaunt.  It requires no attention from outside sources as it is self contained and content. Narcissism, on the other hand, lives in constant fear of change.  And is terrified of not being admired and envied.  

Narcissism insists on being the center of attention and is in the constant need of validation and confirmation they are the best, the prettiest and sexiest.  To get that validation and confirmation, admiration and envy, a narcissist  will use every level of shock value it can muster to get it.

People with genuine Self-Love know who they are and require no outside confirmations on any level.
  

 Self-love allows you to be comfortable in your own skin and gives off an energy that attracts others to you naturally.  With self-love comes confidence.   Confidence  in knowing that there is no lack of anything --especially and in particularly -- Love.

Self-love brings peace of mind.  Narcissism brings fear and unrest.  

Once Again For Emphasis

Self-love holds no judgments of anyone.  Self Love accepts and lives by the "as is" policy.  Self Love lives in the knowing that nothing is ever truly lost.  And that all is as it should be

 Narcissism  sees itself as  better than anyone else, judging others as worthless and never amounting to anything all the while living in fear of losing everything and/or being found out.  

Self Love is the ever growing creative whirl of confidence.  Narcissism is the void that creates desperation.

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Practice loving yourself each and every day!  

Embracing all that you are and remembering that you are All that there is!

oxoxoxoxox 

Known as The Empress of the Known & Unknown Universes™ and The Diva of Duct Tape, Julia has made it her personal mission to put Reality back into Spirituality™. Julia sets out to assist people in expanding their conscious awareness through her rather unique and personal take on the human experience. 

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