Category: Monday
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High Praise…
This Monday we continue the sticky wicket of loving and honoring ourselves without sounding self-righteous, ego-centric and (horrors!) conceited. To honor someone is to hold them in high esteem or respect. There will be more discussions in future posts regarding the correct offer of respect only when one is deserving. For now, respect means to…
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The selfless act of honoring oneself…
Continuing our Monday discussion from last week, to honor and love oneself means to offer our best, and to hold a portion of our fruits for our own consumption. Wait, does the title say selfless or selfish? If one lets go of a fear that there is not enough (love, money, fruits, self…) to go…
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Love Yourself = Honor Yourself
The third ELAN Principle is Love Yourself. Yeah, yeah, we have heard it before. Easy to say, so hard to do. If love = honor, all the more difficult. After all, we are taught to be humble, and rightly so. But that does NOT mean to hold feelings of dishonor, derision or disrespect toward oneself.…
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Monday, Monday…
Apologies if that song is now stuck in your head for the remainder of the day. You know the one, by the Mamas and the Papas? Monday morning, so good to me etc. A brain worm, for sure. Maybe it is on purpose that I post the inspirational ELAN blogs on Monday to help us…