For the moments when we have to find ourselves again from ground up.  For the moments we need a reminder of our strength, beauty and awesomeness.  From within shows without.  Remember who we are—uninhibited, wild, magical.

The love we have to have for ourselves needs to be immeasurable.  We need to shed, cast off the thoughts that people place in our heads, sullying the way we feel.  More than love, we specifically need to know everything that feels good to us.  The sway of our hips, the feel of our skin, the way our hair falls, they way we step, the way we stand, the way we sound, the way it feels to speak, the way it feels to be embraced and accepted, the way it feels to put on something that just fits, the way it feels to simply fit, the way it feels to sit in our own skin,  the way the music moves us—and what music moves us, the way it feels to be naked with ourselves and possibly with someone else without criticism, the way we take care of ourselves and handle ourselves, the way we believe in ourselves.  It is sacred—all of it.  We know when we treat ourselves poorly even if we don’t name it in the moment.  We know when something doesn’t feel right, when our battery is low, or when we’ve been a little extra hard on ourselves.  We know when we allow the tension to spread—even if it’s sub or unconscious—our bodies tell us everything we need to know. 

The ability to stand in our own presence and say I am fucking worth it all and if you don’t like it you can leave is the most powerful stance to take. The ability to walk away from those who do anything to cause us harm, the ability to stand up for ourselves and use our own voice.  Confidence allows us to declare without yelling who we are and what we stand for and then only accept that. It allows us to sing our own song  It allows us to shed what no longer suits us and become the greatest versions of ourselves.  Falling into those habits is all too easy when we aren’t in the right frame of mind or surrounded by the right people—confidence allows us to respectfully separate from those how don’t support us.  The love and confidence we have for ourselves stems from massive belief in who we are.  We believe in ourselves by trying new things and learning what we like and what we are capable of.  And we do all of that by shutting out the world and learning to be still with ourselves.  This cyclical pattern of finding and becoming and loving/embracing and accepting ourselves is how we evolve.