14/02/2024
💓 THE day of love. And I have something for you. (Spoiler. Read till the end).
Like the last words of my father: “There is only one thing that matters, love”,
And he couldn’t be more right.
It is something we all desire and we all like to give (but not easy for everyone to express or to receive).
My father was the most caring, positive and thoughtful father I could have wished for. When I needed him, he was always there for me. And every Valentine’s day he bought roses for my mother and yes, as his daughter I got some as well when I was a child.
How sweet and romantic that might be, this is not what my message in this post is about.
Valentine’s day is way too commercialized, in my opinion.
Here in the US they go above and beyond, no surprise right.
Our kids are dresses in red and pink at school and they can hand over Valentines cards to all kids and teachers (so no one gets excluded). At some schools the parents are asked to make a special Valentin’s box so the kids can collect all the gifts and cards they get at school.
💓 But what is Valentine’s day really about?
Expressing that you care about someone.
That the people around you mean the world to you.
That we care for each other.
For yourself (self-love yes).
💝 How often tell you someone that you love him/her/they?
Or that that person means a lot to you?
And when you get a compliment. How do you react? How does that make you feel?
(In)comfortable? When someone surprises you?
Or what do you say when some one offers you their help?
What I have seen with many of my clients is that there are many people who have created unconscious rules and conditions for themselves in order to fully receive (self) love. These rules and conditions express themselves in variable patterns such as:
- Being perfectionistic
- Putting the bar sky high for themselves (and maybe for others)
- Pleasing others
- Very critical towards themselves
- Keeping themselves small
- Comparing with others
How would it be like to change these patterns? Would you like to experience more lightness, more connection, more authenticity?
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Also for my gift 🎁