"When I Started Loving Myself"
This was written by Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday on April 16, 1959.
"When I started loving myself, I’ve understood that I’m always, and at any given opportunity, in the right place at the right time. And I’ve understood that all that happens is right. From then on, I could be calm. Today I know it is called trust.
When I started to love myself, I understood how much it can offend somebody when I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I know it is called respect.
When I started loving myself, I could recognize that emotional pain and grief are just warnings for me to not live against my own truth. Today I know it is called authentically being.
When I started loving myself, I have stopped longing for another life and could see that everything around me was a request to grow. Today I know it is called maturity.
When I started loving myself, I’ve stopped depriving myself of my free time and I’ve stopped sketching further magnificent projects for the future. Today I only do what’s fun and joy for me, what I love and what makes my heart laugh, in my own way and in my tempo. Today I know it is called honesty.
When I started loving myself, I’ve escaped from all that wasn’t healthy for me; from dishes, people, things, situations, and from everything pulling me down and away from myself. In the beginning I called it the “healthy egoism”, but today I know it is called self love.
When I started loving myself, I’ve stopped wanting to be always right; thus I’ve been less wrong. Today I’ve recognized it is called humbleness.
When I started loving myself, I’ve refused to live further in the past and to worry about my future. Now I live only at this moment where everything takes place. Like this, I live every day and I call it consciousness.
When I started loving myself, I recognized that my thinking can make me miserable and sick. When I though requested for my heart forces, my mind got an important partner. I call this connection today heart wisdom.
We do not need to fear further discussions, conflicts and problems with ourselves and others since even stars sometimes bang on each other and create new worlds.
Today I know this is this life!"
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