What I see, when I look at myself in a mirror, often reflects how I think and feel about myself. Many pages have been written about the importance of creating and maintaining a positive self-image. I would like to stress that feeling good about ourselves, believing that we are valued and worthy, makes a huge difference in our relationships with others and our capabilities to handle stressful situations. 

It took me some time to understand the meaning of "the importance of loving myself." "Loving myself" means that I am responsible and capable of making my own decisions regardless of what others respectfully think or what circumstances I have encountered in the past. Having positive thoughts about issues that need to be handled, and refusing negative thinking about the outcome, helps me reach a different path to solving particular issues. It allows me to discover a different way of thinking, a new way of solving problems, or to develop new skills. 

Maintaining a positive attitude is not always easy and requires focus, mental practice, and application. I cannot change what happened in the past, nor can I live in the future. I can only control how I live at the present time by knowing that no one else but me is responsible for my decisions and that expecting the best of myself, striving to do the best, and refusing to indulge in self-pity, negative thinking, and worries is the road to a better and happier life.

“Look well to this one day, for it and it alone is life. In the brief course of this day lie all the verities and realities of your existence; the pride of growth, the glory of action, the splendor of beauty. Yesterday is only a dream, and tomorrow is but a vision. Yet each day, well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow, a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life.” ― Sanskrit

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