Love First: Ways to Becoming A Greater You

By Esther | August 21st 2020 | Self-Care Series, Life and Purpose, Transformation and Spirituality

1. Define your values.

Your values will give you a clear direction to follow during difficult times. Pick one of your values and challenge yourself to live out that value in some way during the day. For example, if kindness is one of your values, do an act of kindness for another person. It doesn’t have to be something grand or worthy of the news. It can be as simple as holding the door for someone. What you are going to notice, as you consciously act out your values, is that you create a ripple of positivity in the world that spreads. And when you make it a focus for each day, you are also going to feel a greater sense of purpose. It’s a beautiful win/win. We all need that right now!

2. Consider how people in your life influence you.

Think about the ways the people in your life affect your point of view. Do they value what you value and help you to grow? Do they live out their values in a way that you respect and want to embody for yourself? Or do you need to find people who believe what you believe, so that you can be stronger in the person that God created you to be? It is your choice on what you allow yourself to be surrounded and influenced by. So, choose something or someone that will help you grow, become a better human being, and become the person that God has intended for you to become.

3. Look at the bigger picture.

Interestingly, no matter who we are, where we're from, or what we believe, we all have common ground somewhere. To create a better connection and have a greater understanding with other people, we must take it upon ourselves to find it. Maybe you and that other person in front of you both have a tenacity of belief. Maybe you both feel you have a greater purpose you need to live out. You will never know what your common ground is, or how you might be able to support each other until you become curious and explore it. Get out of your limiting beliefs and take your shoes off. You will see that you have more common ground to walk on with people than you let yourself believe.

I remember my mother when I think about these things. She was a beautiful soul who never saw the world in black and white and saw every single person as humans given by God of the same birthright. I grew up with values that my mother and father instilled and at the forefront of that was to accept everyone as Christ did. My father told me that only what you do for Christ will last.

I hold these values close to my heart because it helps me to focus on a truly clear direction. I hold onto the hope that we can come together in a way that accepts everyone in this world, regardless of their race, gender, beliefs, or sexual orientation.

If we hold Christ at the forefront, with all that He embodies, we can accept each other for the human beings we are, and the spiritual beings that are at our core.

When our time comes and we transition from this life to the next, there are no color, race, or gender. There are only beautiful spiritual beings with the power to create the reality of the world that we want to live in.

Let love and peace reign and create a world that values love and peace by beginning the work in you.

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