You Can’t Eat Love

Table for how many?

No one can make you anything except reservations for dinner.

You make me so angry!

You made me so sad.

You made me so happy!!

How many times have you heard those words (or something like them)? How many times have you said those words?

How did you feel when you heard them?

How did you feel when you said them?

Can I share a secret with you? I quit saying those phrases. Why? I realized I was the owner of my feelings. How I felt is how I choose to feel, not what someone else makes me.

No one can make me anything except reservations for dinner.

Think about that. Are you so powerful you can make anyone feel anything? Are other people so influential they can make you feel anything? Part of learning to love yourself is taking back all of the power you have given away for so many years. And one piece is understanding how you feel is how you choose to feel. No one can make you anything.

Now, I can hear you asking why is this important? Well, when I began my journey to learn to love myself, I started looking at the choices I was making AND the choices I was allowing others to make for me. I could…