10 ways to start loving yourself the way you deserve to be loved ... Part 1

1. Be Humble ... this may sound like a strange place to start but true humility is setting pride aside and it is also setting self-abasement aside. Humility is about seeing value. The best definition of humility I have ever heard is to recognize my value and others' value while lookingup.

2. Learn to Mourn ... we all have a need to be comforted in times of pain. When I learn to mourn my pain and lose properly, I find comfort and I learn how to comfort others. Russell M. Nelson said, "Irrespective of age, we mourn those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love."

3. Be Gentle ... Leo Rosten said it best, "I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong." Gentleness is a result of a process of taking responsibility for my behavior, making things right when possible, and forgiving myself

4. Live with Integrity ... Charles Marshall said, "Integrity is doing the right thing when you don't have to-when no one else is looking or will ever know-when there will be no congratulations or recognition for having done so." As such, my integrity has far more inpact on me than it ever will on someone else.

5. Be Merciful ... to be merciful means I must work through hurts, pains, and even abuses that have happened to me. I must learn the power of forgiveness and how it actually heals me. Showing mercy takes a willingness, desire, and commitment to make a difference in the world. The Bible tells us that God's mercies are new every morning. If God needs to make daily decisions to be merciful, how much more do I need to work at being merciful?

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