Loving Yourself

"Loving yourself while you are doing nothing is the ultimate practice of self-esteem."

-- Phil Laut

What do you have to do to earn your own self-respect? What must you accomplish in order to feel good about yourself? Any answer, other than nothing, creates barriers between your self and your self-esteem.

What if I told you that you're perfect just the way you are? Would you belief me? I doubt it.

OK, so you're not movie star body, Einstein brain, Mother Teresa compassion perfect. Big deal. Nobody likes a clone or a copycat anyway! You're 100% real, genuine, authentic you perfect, just as you are, right here, right now, and you don't have to do a single thing, other than keep breathing! And if you quit breathing, you're dead perfect!

You see, no matter what anyone tells you, there are no "doing" requirements for this life. You don't have to do anything. The only requirement is to be. Even loving yourself is not required. It's just makes life nicer when you do.

On the whole, doing is highly overrated. Doing nothing, just being, on the other hand, is highly underrated. We're human beings, not human doings. Somehow we keep forgetting that.

So, today, take a little time and do nothing. Hell, everyday, take a little time and do nothing. Observe how you feel about yourself as you do nothing. Enjoy doing nothing. Enjoy yourself. If you watch really carefully, you might even see that enjoyment morph into love.