“You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.” ~Unknown

From a very young age we have been continuously taught to love others and as a consequence many of us are trying to always please others instead of learning self-love and how to please ourselves. In some cases, we even think that we are not worth being loved the way we are and we might even hate ourselves for various reasons.

Below you will come to learn three little tips on how to love yourself just the way you are. In order to love yourself, you need to realize that:

Nobody is perfect.

God said:

Of highlands and lowlands is the Earth made. Of forests and deserts. Of frozen lands and hot tropics. Of everything, life is made, and the picture of life is made. This is the relative world in which you live. That you can’t have one thing without another sums up pretty well the relative world you find yourself living in.

I say that Oneness alone is.

Depending upon where you look from, one statement or the other above is true. Or, it can also be said that both are true. Again, I say that Oneness Alone Is True.

All that which appears true, and all what is really true may well not be the same. Even on the surface dimension of Earth, something that appears true may not be true. Thus, there are such things as scams and disillusion to all that which is only illusion in the first place.

It is an illusion that death exists. And how wonderful it is to be disillusioned about death, to have the true realization really sink in and sink in deeply. That there is no death is too wonderful to believe, and, yet, you can believe.

By the same token, you could then say: “HA HA, God, if there is no death, how can it said there is Life? How do You get out of this argument?”

Most of us can become very easily offended by what others say or think about ourselves. We count on the opinions of others so much that whenever one says something that we don’t like about ourselves, we take it so personally that creates within us many negative emotions such as anger or sadness. There are reasons why this happens, and here you will learn a few basic tips on how to stop being so easily offended.

Accept yourself as you are.

The main reason why most of us get offended very easily is that we don’t accept ourselves as we are. For various reasons, who don’t like who we are and want the constant reassurance from others that we are good and nice. This always make us base our view about ourselves on the opinions of others, and this causes huge psychological trouble to us. Some people might not like us or criticize us by pointing things about us (whether true or not) that we don’t like hearing and hence as a reaction we get offended and disappointed.

Heather Callaghan
Waking Times

Something fishy is going on with California’s assessments and so-called fracking regulations…

It is an unfortunate reality that good jobs are intertwined with what might be later construed as not only an environmental devastation but America’s next personal health devastation – hydraulic fracking.

It is also unfortunate that while Americans flock to so-called “boom towns” for those good jobs, the jobs themselves are tied into the ebb and flow of gas prices. As such, it is not surprising to hear rumors of mass layoffs in the boom towns and see the resulting economic effects.

by Lisa Shaw

In human form, we embody the essence of the Divine, and that essence, according to multiple religious and spiritual traditions, is love. On this single point, diverse devotional adherents usually agree. They affirm that the human being is a spark of Divine light, a segment of the universal whole, and our journey through life is to make our way back to that greater Divine entity. Of course, karmic debt complicates the individual journey to varying degrees, but our ultimate purpose on earth is wisdom gathering on the road home to enlightenment.

Jake Anderson, Guest
Waking Times

A decade ago, the renewable energy movement faced an uphill battle. Today, environmentally-minded nations of the world increasingly embrace alternative energy sources. These countries now lead the way toward a future free of petroleum and dirty energy. In the process, they save significant amounts of money on national energy costs while preserving and protecting the world’s natural resources.

Despite powerful corporate disinformation campaigns meant to convince populations that renewable energy is not a viable way to satisfy the needs of global industry, the following five nations aren’t just subsisting on renewable energy—they are thriving on it.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

In our life’s journey, many of us have to confront people who hate us and are treating us badly or behave in a way that we find is inappropriate. As a reaction, some people choose to hate them back and treat them in a bad way as well so as to deal with them, thinking that they need to fight against them and win over them. To me, this only makes things worse, and one of the best way to deal with those who hate you is to actually love them. Here are three main reasons why you should do so.

Haters are also victims.

Have you ever questioned yourself why people hate? Were they born this way? Or maybe circumstances led them to do so?...