What makes relationships fulfilling? How can you be in a relationship that enriches your mind and soul? What can you do to become a better partner? All these are questions that you must ask yourself when trying to set your personal life on the right track.
You may often wonder what kind of person you’re best suited to be with or who it is that can make you the best version of yourself. The answer to all these questions will come easily to you once you grasp the concept of self-love. Here’s what it is and how it can help you be in a meaningful and fulfilling relationship.
What is Self-Love?
Before we begin, let’s try to understand what exactly self-love is. It’s the act of prioritizing and looking out for yourself and your happiness. Self-love doesn’t make you narcissistic. Instead, it completes you and makes you self-confident.
You achieve it when you can accept who you are as a person, what your shortcomings are, what makes you happy, and what your boundaries are. It is the beginning of a meaningful relationship you have with yourself, and it forms the basis of all the future relationships you’re going to have.
How Does Self-Love Change You?
Self-love can change how you look at yourself as you learn to appreciate your journey and make sense of all the curveballs life threw (and will throw) at you. You see yourself in the mirror and can’t help but be happy with the way you look. Your skin carries the memory of where it’s been, all your scars have stories to tell, and you love them all.
Self-love can help you achieve contentment and gratitude that makes you comfortable in your skin. You become a hundred times more attractive to others when you’re self-confident and happy with how you look and feel. You become complete and have a fulfilling life with no dependence on other people to make you happy. Spending time with yourself feels great, and you learn to enjoy your own company.
How Does Self-Love Help You Find Your True Love?
Not depending on your partner for your happiness can take a lot of pressure away from them and your relationship. You’re no longer a needy person, asking for time and attention. Instead, you’re capable of being a complete partner in the relationship with full control over your happiness. You don’t need your partner to make you happy; you’re happy and content on your own.
You can have a lasting and fulfilling relationship only when you’re healthy enough to not just be okay with yourself but have deeply rooted affection for yourself. It is unfair to expect another person to love you when even you don’t love yourself. Self-love can help you find a person who loves you for everything you are and everything you hope to be—truly and completely.
Simply put, the journey to a meaningful relationship with your true love starts with self-love. It may not be easy to love all your scars and wounds, but embracing them and learning to love them will make you a better person worthy of love. To learn more about how you can achieve this, check out our personal development, health, and lifestyle blogs at Finer Shape. Our experts talk about relationships and everything you need to do to be successful in them.
