I can tell you all the ways to love yourself... Make you a nice list to follow and but it's not until you're face to face with your past patterns, thinking, or behaviors is when the work really begins.
I recently had an experience that showed me the subtle ways I self abandoned myself. Little things that felt like choices I was consciously making but were really old patterns of seeking love outside of myself or compromising myself in ways I thought I'd be ok in.
It was a gentle grief that moved through me as I sat with myself, my inner child, and God.
There was no shame this time though. Just awareness, compassion, and grace.
Loving myself has been my greatest life's work. Love and worth had always been tied to something outside of me. Some achievement, someone, or something.
I'm in a new space. A space I've never been before. It feels tender and yet also familiar. My Soul remembers. God has been redirecting me. I'm just showing up and moving in love and grace.