Hi all! I found this while surfing the net this morning. I found it to be RIGHT ON aqnd so profound. Wanted to share it with you all.
 
 
The Eternal Question
"What is it that makes you worthy to be loved?" was the question posed by a facilitator at one workshop that changed my life. One by one, he asked each of the participants this question in turn. They answered that to be worthy of love one had either TO DO or TO BE something.

Of course, these were all wrong answers. Impatiently, the group asked what the right answer was and it was this. "You are worthy to be loved because God loves you and because you believe that you are worthy". The Earth would be the paradise that God intended if everyone did love themselves. In fact, all the problems in the world can be reduced to one:
lack of self love.
The True Root of All Evil: Lack of Love for Yourself
Louise Hay said it best: "When someone comes to me with a problem, I don't care what it is: poor health, lack of money, unfulfilling relationships, or self esteem issues... there is only one thing that I ever work on, and that is LOVING THE SELF. I find that when we really love, accept and approve of ourselves exactly as we are, then everything in life works." And so it does...

So how does one begin to love themselves?… by doing the following:
1> SELF LOVE IS DEFENDING YOUR WORTHINESS
"This above all: be true, be true, be true." (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Being true to yourself is remembering one thing: you exist because God loves you… and with that love all things are possible. Before you read another word, raise of a shield of pure and unconditional love all around you: body, mind, emotions, and spirit. That's better… Filling yourself with love is the first step is driving out the poison of hate that constantly assaults us all.

For society tells us the infinite things that are wrong with us: we are too fat, too dumb, too emotional, too old, too whatever and that is why we have to get this, do that, or change who we are. This is not to mention family, friends, coworkers, and others in our life who are telling us what to do all the time. Of course, there is one enemy who is particularly relentless towards us: ourselves.

We are our own worst enemy when we think, act, and treat ourselves as anything other than Divine Beings. When we think "I have should have done that" or "I could have done this" or "I would have done better if I do not do that" or "If only I had" we are criticizing ourselves. This constant internal criticism does "not make us do better", it only makes us more fearful that "I am going to screw it up next time."

The next time you say "I should have", "I could have", "I would have"... STOP beating yourself up! Say to yourself (aloud if you can) "CANCEL!" Then tell yourself, "I did the best I knew how, I learned from it, next time I will… [do better, learn from it, act differently, etc] and this will get me what I desire to manifest in my life!" Defend your right to be yourself from all the people who are telling you "you are wrong", including yourself. End self criticism now before it kills you!!
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If you want to read more its at this site-->
 
http://www.healpastlives.com/future/rule/ruslfluv.htm

Brilliant Michelle!!!

Love is the only way

Thank you, Michelle, for posting this! I think most of us will find this very helpful!
 
Love,
Edda

Peace and joy!

hahah Buttington. YES it IS brilliant but it wasnt 'me' who wrote it.LOL
 
I realize that most of my life I have not felt 'worthy' so I have manifested sooo many difficulties for myself. I think it began by looking at my parents as 'flawed'. I saw that they were both so  HUMAN and I realllly didnt 'like' either of them too much. I mean I probably wouldnt choose either of them for friends.  I also felt that neither of them really 'understood' me. Actually even as a kid I felt different and that no one really EVER 'GOT ME"!
 
 I didnt want to be like either one of my parents and I realized I couldnt turn to either of them for any 'answers' to my life.
 
THe fact that I saw my parents as somehow not worthy, I then saw MYSELF as the same. (I mean, if I came out of THEM then Im probably very flawed too)!
 
NOw at age 47 I realize that I am WORTHY no matter what my parents were like. I am a SPIRITUAL BEING HAVING A HUMAN EXPERIENCE!
 
I love that quote. It tends to calm me down alot.
 
Have a good day everyone:)

Hi Michelle,
Yes, I did realize you didn't write the post!!!  I also had a quick look at the link that was in the text and have bookmarked it for later.
 
I think it's probably nature that makes us perhaps not be like our parents. If we were exactly like them then humans would nevr elvolve.
 
I had a mixed bunch for parents, which I feel makes me more accepting of people. I realize they were doing their best with the tools they had been given themselves. I had a lovely mother who was full of love, but also full of fears, which she passed down for me so I could transform them!! My father was a weak person who didn't do well as a father or husband, but wasn't a bad human being. I believe our parents give us tools and opportunities for learning, what ever they are like.
 
Jude 

Love is the only way

Deer Micelle,
 
Thank you Edda is right this link   will help many people I am sure.I have
 
saved it to read over and over again!
 
 
What makes a person worthy to be loved is NOT what they are willing to DO or to BE. What makes a person worthy to be loved is simply because they BELIEVE they are worthy to be loved APART from whatever it is that they are doing or being.
 
If you believe in yourself then I am sure this must open up a whole
 
new world.
 
"God accepts you and values you as you are."
 
I am 100% sure he does and this alone brings a sense of relief to me in
 
so many ways.
 
Thank you again Michelle,Sandraxxxx
 
 

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love~and be loved in return♥♥