We found love in a hopeless place

Read the lyrics below this song instantly came to me.  All I could think of when I read today's message about self-love, was about how to find self love and how sometimes it seems hopeless.  It's so difficult to love ourselves sometimes and why?  We are the only people who can take care of ourselves, who can love ourselves to the fullest and the only ones who will stick up for ourselves.  We should without a doubt be our biggest fans.  Loving myself is something I'm not very good at, it's so difficult to stand in the mirror, have a real talk with myself (sometimes internal, sometimes I'm talking out loud to myself), but it's important that I can look at myself with love.  Is every day perfect?  No way, but it's something we need to change and something our friends, children, nieces, nephews, siblings, cousins, etc. see; how we treat ourselves and love ourselves is so important to impress upon the next generation.  We don't want to contribute to a generation who doesn't love themselves, what will that mean for each generaion to follow?  What instead can we teach our loved ones?

Find your self love in a 'hopeless place' or a place you'd least expect.  Let your old ways go, shine through that open door and take every opportunity that comes to you.  I know today's message about self love has given me such an amazing perspective.  I did something for myself today, by working out in the morning, making sure I ate right during the day, scheduling my first acupuncture to relax and headed home to a relaxing evening and dinner.

I found time to take care of myself, please find time to take care of yours.

With love from IE day 14,
Alyssa

We Found Love

by Rihanna

[Narration]
It's like you're screaming, and no one can hear
You almost feel ashamed
That someone could be that important
That without them, you feel like nothing
No one will ever understand how much it hurts
You feel hopeless; like nothing can save you
And when it's over, and it's gone
You almost wish that you could have all that bad stuff back
So that you could have the good

[Rihanna]
Yellow diamonds in the light
And we're standing side by side
As your shadow crosses mine
What it takes to come alive

It's the way I'm feeling I just can't deny
But I've gotta let it go

We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place

Shine a light through an open door
Love and life I will divide
Turn away cause I need you more
Feel the heartbeat in my mind

It's the way I'm feeling I just can't deny
But I've gotta let it go

We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place

Yellow diamonds in the light
And we're standing side by side
As your shadow crosses mine (mine, mine, mine)

We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place

We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place