Once there was a young girl who was constantly bullied by her mother. She was never allowed to step outside her house. Her mother would make her do all the household work. One day she learned the art of self-love. She then went to a ball party. She met a man who she loved and married him. She was able to love him only because she was able to love herself. This is why she was finally able to accept herself. She decided to live away from her mother. The girl was Cinderella. This story is the perfect example of how important it is to love oneself. If we do not love ourselves, we'll allow anybody to mistreat us. This is because we think we deserve it. Self-love, therefore, is an extremely important concept. 

Some people have a misconception about the idea of self-love. They think that it is about being selfish or narcissistic. It is about keeping oneself first and foremost. It is about not being too tough on oneself and being nice to oneself. If a person hears the little voice in their head that tells them that they are not good enough it is important to ignore it. One must constantly be in love with themselves, and be proud of their achievements. One cannot therefore feel they are unimportant.

When a person faces constant rejection or stress, they forget about self-love. They forget that they are important too. During the lockdown, most students felt rejected and stressed. They, therefore, took the help of an education app to make learning easy for themselves. They felt valued and important during the live classes. Teachers to provide every student notes such as English notes, mathematics notes, and whatnot. This made students feel that they are important and valuable. 

It is usually seen that when loved ones make a mistake and ask for forgiveness we forgive them constantly and immediately. It is however not the case with oneself. When we make a mistake, we do not forgive ourselves. It is seen that we are often too hard on ourselves. This should be avoided. It is not a good thing to constantly critique oneself. One must go easy on themselves. Here are some of the tips that are person can follow to practice self-love.

Acceptance 

The first step of self-love is to be able to accept the mistakes and learn from them. We must always remember that we are only human beings. It is therefore good to make mistakes. They help us learn a lot about ourselves and grow easily. It is a good thing to lose at times. It makes us realize our shortcomings. One must know that it is fine if one does not have the best day. What is most important is that we should love ourselves. We should not let negative things affect us. We must remember that things change and bad times also go away.

Loving life

One of the greatest advantages of self-love is bigger life satisfaction. When we begin to love ourselves more, we also start seeing the world differently. It's like we change the perspective of the world that we have in our minds. Self-love helps us in developing a more good attitude towards life.

Self-love can easily make us pick up good habits. It will help us develop a hobby according to our liking. Self-love also means that a person loves their body and soul. Therefore, all the people people who love themselves are most times denying things that will have an impact on their comfort zone. They are ready to develop habits that are challenging and time-consuming. It can therefore help us to adopt life-changing healthy habits. 

Conclusion

Self-love is the most important thing a person should learn. It stays by them forever. Cinderella learned the art of self-love only when she knew that the mistreatment of her family towards her is not a good thing. This made her realize that she too deserves a happy life just like her sisters. Only after that, she was able to find a husband, who she fell in love with. She took the decision only because she loved herself.