{"id":130,"date":"2024-01-13T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.oio24.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2025-06-11T04:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T04:23:48","slug":"self-love-and-self-acceptance-you-reap-what-you-sow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oio24.com\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"Self Love and Self-Acceptance: You reap what you sow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sitting at a coffee shop last week I picked up a sachet of sugar and read the quote printed on the back, \u2018You reap what you sow\u2019. My heart sunk a little when I considered how many good people I coach who give so much of themselves to others and yet express that self love and happiness eludes them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I allowed myself to become curious about this saying and I recognised its message was double-barrelled. I first interpreted the saying as serving others but I hadn\u2019t considered what it would mean if I regarded it as \u2018self-serving\u2019. Self-love is a phrase that is discussed at length. A walk through any popular book shop will confirm the desire that we, as people, express in trying to not only understand it, but how to practice it. It begs the question, \u201cHow many seeds of self-love and self-respect are we sowing into our own lives on a daily basis?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self love and Giving Inwards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I agree 100% with the saying, \u2018You reap what you sow\u2019 but it\u2019s important that we begin to realise that this applies not only to others but to ourselves too. As I began to reflect on the week, I recognised that I had \u2018given outwards\u2019 in abundance, and had yet sowed very few seeds \u2018inwards\u2019. For some reason most people are more comfortable to sow seeds into the lives of others while disregarding the need to plant and water seeds within themselves. Take a brief 5 minutes to reflect on your past week – how many seeds of kindness, forgiveness and acceptance for yourself have you planted? We only begin to notice the dehydration within ourselves when we consider that we should be planting these seeds on a daily basis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What form could these seeds take?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n