Do you have a best friend? Someone you can tell everything to? Someone who loves you unconditionally and is always on your side? Someone who accepts you for who you are and what is important to you? Someone who always wants the very best for you and knows you deserve it? If you don't have that at this moment, I will tell you how you can have that 'someone' in your life TODAY.
My best girl friend and I have been friends since we were little girls, and I'm so lucky to have her and several other very close friends that have been in my life since I was very young. My husband is also my best friend, and I also consider God my best friend. My kids and my parents and other extended family are also my best friends.
And you know who else? Me.
When I was a teenager, I was told by someone very wise and kind, "Live so that you will be your own best friend, so that wherever you go by yourself, you will never be alone."
If you have never thought of yourself as your own friend, consider the wonderful possibilities of that concept! You will always have someone with you that you enjoy being around. You will always have someone with you that shares your dreams and knows you can make them happen. You can be your own cheerleader and biggest fan. You can love yourself unconditionally and want the very best for yourself and your life. Being your own best friend puts you in a different thought pattern and is very emotionally healthy and beneficial. By treating yourself the way you would treat your best friend you will feel happier and more at peace with you. No matter what has happened in your life, and no matter who has failed to love you the way you wanted, you can still have the love you deserve and need. And when you love yourself, others naturally love you, too. It's very appealing to be around people that have a love and respect for themselves.
Just as you would never tell your best friend that they don't deserve the life they want, or that they are less than absolutely perfect, you shouldn't be saying anything like to yourself either. Talk to yourself the same way you talk to your other friends...with love and respect and appreciation. I love my best friend to the moon and back....and we always say that to each other. Saying that to yourself puts you in a whole different mindset and makes you just....feel better.
If you are fortunate enough to have one or more best friends in your life, I am so happy for you and you already know how blessed you are. If you are lacking that in your life, you can still have it today by making friends with YOU.....and in turn that will attract more friends to you. And you will feel more happiness and peace.
Love, Michelle
