{"id":14781,"date":"2019-10-07T16:46:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roulapapathanasiou.com\/?p=14781"},"modified":"2024-12-30T15:38:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:38:47","slug":"to-be-in-relationship-with-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roulapapathanasiou.com\/en\/to-be-in-relationship-with-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"To be in relationship with yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I will start this with a straight question:<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you in relationship with yourself?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because I see that we are doing our best to create and maintain relationships with others, our friends, family, colleagues, neighbors, but there is no time to create neither to explore the relationship with ourselves. For real. There are people that haven\u2019t been on holidays alone, never! No judgment here, but seriously, how can we evolve in a true relationship with others if we don\u2019t know the way to be in a relationship with our self first? Take a moment to think about it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s being quite some time that I \u2018ve started to understand, that the next day on this planet will only be sustainable, if Human Beings master the way of self-love.<\/p>\n<p>I am asking myself these questions.<\/p>\n<p>I really want to help myself enjoying a new level in my life. Don&#8217;t have all the answers, but I will ask some questions here:<\/p>\n<p><em>How many times have I abused myself in the past (or even now?) and most importantly, in which ways?<\/em> Un-imaginable number of times.<\/p>\n<p><em>How many times am I playing the victim out my belief systems (conditioning) or my traumas? How many times have I put myself in a position to feel like a victim and that I had no choice in the matter? \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I \u2018ve decided to <strong>Choose Myself<\/strong> and now, I am <strong>celebrating the courage <\/strong>to accept myself and what\u2019s good for me every moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I am the Love that I seek.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I am unity and I am separation. It\u2019s up to me to realize it every moment.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can I?<\/p>\n<p>Over the time I have developed my own commitments. And I try my Best to stay in this frequency every day creating a life that I am happy to live.<\/p>\n<p>I have agreed with myself <strong>to commit to<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0live in <strong>freedom<\/strong> (even from my own perceptions, self-imposed slavery etc.)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0serve myself, so I can be the <strong>Best version for Me<\/strong> and <strong>contribute in this world<\/strong> in the best way possible<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0recognize my <strong>needs<\/strong> and to honor them. It doesn\u2019t matter when (today, now or as soon as possible). What\u2019s important is, that <strong>I am Here for Me<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>feel the things I am saying<\/strong> rather than just \u201csaying\u201d them. \u00a0If they ring true to me<\/li>\n<li>set healthy <strong>boundaries<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>find and express my <strong>authentic self<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>thrive under all circumstances only by being Me<\/strong> (quit the implemented personas of my environment in order to be accepted)<\/li>\n<li><strong>love myself <\/strong>every day.\u00a0 <strong>To love you<\/strong> freely, deep and unconditionally. To respect you, as I respect myself. \u00a0To support you the way I support myself. To <strong>hold the space for you<\/strong> while you are also exploring yourself<\/li>\n<li>my loving relationships, because I want to <strong>keep on practicing love<\/strong>. Practicing my ability to feel the miracle of love<\/li>\n<li>practice my passion- what is my passion? to explore my <strong>potentials<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>travel<\/li>\n<li>help and <strong>support others only when my energy allows it<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>never again to allow other people&#8217;s manipulation, rejection, opinions about themselves projected on me or expectations to hurt me or take me out of balance<\/li>\n<li>contribute in the best way possible every day <strong>for a better environment\/community\/ humanity<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>create <strong>beauty<\/strong> in this world<\/li>\n<li>allow myself to have a <strong>voice <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>choose my <strong>thoughts<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>forgive myself that <strong>I&#8217;m not perfect<\/strong>, I&#8217;m not who you want me to be<\/li>\n<li>explore, <strong>What\/ Who makes me happy<\/strong> and then to find the Courage to support me on this<\/li>\n<li><strong>forgive myself<\/strong> and to bear with myself in my uncomfortable moments<\/li>\n<li>be in freedom to <strong>change my mind when something no longer serves me.<\/strong> In freedom to choose again and again every day. To choose You again every day. To <strong>(un)choose my Creation<\/strong> every day<\/li>\n<li>have the freedom <strong>not to know all the answers<\/strong> in a given moment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you for reading so far. The truth is, it takes dedication to Be in Relationship with yourself. And I am learning it step by step. And I am enjoying it so much. I feel grateful to Be in this Life and to enter this window of consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>Love x<\/p>\n<p>Picture from Denisa Sterbova<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will start this with a straight question: Are you in relationship with yourself? Because I see that we are doing our best to create and maintain relationships with others, our friends, family, colleagues, neighbors, but there is no time to create neither to explore the relationship with ourselves. For real. 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