If I Could Teach Everyone in The World 1 Thing @TribeSteemUp Biweekly Question

If I could awaken everyone on the planet to one thing it would be Self Love. I want to say self love and inner peace because I always like to push the boundaries on questions, and I think they are both intertwined and you can’t have one without the other.

Here is a pic of me after a hot sweaty yoga class with a sports bra with no padding. Why am I telling you this? I used to never leave the house with a bra like this. I would feel like I have to wear padding to make my boobs look better. I was teased in middle school and high school for having small breasts by some of my so called best friends. In high school and adult years I had boyfriends make comments about how they wanted me to have bigger breasts.

For years I felt like I needed to get breast augmentation to feel like a real woman. I felt like I had something missing. Finally I had to go through major illnesses and major healing 🙏🏻 So grateful for that life changing experience to show me the importance of self love... I had an auto immune disease, go figure. I hated myself, I rejected myself, I chose men that reflected that back to me and then my body started rejecting itself.

At one point I thought I might die and had to face that possibility. By getting to the lowest of the low, I found the highest of the high. I read Caroline Myss Anatomy of the Spirit. I accepted that terrible things had happened to me in this life and that no matter what I was responsible to change my life. The only common denominator was me. Just because I was sexually abused as a child did not mean I had to live trauma over and over through my relationships with men. I could see how the trauma was trapped in my energy and that it was ultimately my responsible to fix it.

“The wound is where the light enters in” Rumi

This couldn’t be more true for me and my life. All these experiences that feel like they are going to break me have made me into the goddess I am now. I love myself. I love myself enough to show up when it’s tough and look at my part and return to love. I am truly in awe of the capacity of the human spirit to love and to heal. We are so amazingly powerful it is unreal. All these painful experiences were just the times I forgot my power, forgot my unlimited potential. Truly grateful for all the blessings all around.

So what would a world look like where everyone loved each other?

We would all smile freely! There would be no power struggle because everyone would be empowered from within. There would be no wars, how could there be? If you love yourself you know we are all connected and to hate another is to hate yourself. There would be equality and peace, and I believe minimal conflict and all conflict would be a tool for growth with respect and deep communication and trust.

Instead of bars of people drinking, there would be more groups gathering to celebrate health and wellness and practicing self care together. Rooms filled with people motivating and inspiring each other. Dreams and unlimited potential talked about as common place with full support from everyone.

When I was a little girl I would ask myself if I had 3 wishes from a genie what would they be? (Hey Aladdin was a big hit then okay lol)

First was always world peace, then that everyone would be mermaids and merman’s and the world would be all water(that mermaid and water thing was counted as one wish in my mind) and that everyone would love themselves. Even as a young girl struggling to love myself I knew the importance of self love.

So here’s me smiling because I love myself in all forms I show up for myself! I wish self love and inner peace for all humans and creatures here. I’m also smiling because my passion for Steemit has been reignited by @naturalmedicine and @bewithbreath for all the natural healing, meditation, and mindfulness things they are doing here in the community. Check them out for more info.

Feeling gratitude today as I am surrounded by friends that remind me how loveable I am. I wish you all peace 💜💙💕