by Valerie Denay Staton
Self-love is recognizing your value. Self-love is knowing your worth. It is understanding your potential. It is believing that you are enough.
It grows each time you choose rest
over running on empty, truth over pretending, kindness over criticism.
It blooms when you see yourself clearly
not perfect, but beautifully human,
learning, trying, becoming.
And one day you realize you are finally giving yourself the same love you’ve offered everyone else.
Poetic Reflections 