by Anne Malatt, Australia
I have always loved to treat myself, to reward myself for working hard, to give myself something to make up for what I felt I was lacking, to substitute for love.
What were these treats?
- When I was little, they were sweets. We were allowed one ice cream every Sunday morning, and that was our weekly treat. That was my religion – I looked forward to and savoured that moment of the week!
- On birthdays, we had parties with sweet treats – fairy bread, blancmange, cake. I used to save some of my birthday cake to have for breakfast the next day – it was my favourite part of my birthday – a sweet treat to make up for the fact that it was no longer my special day.
- As I grew older, the nature of the sugar changed – tiramisu, pavlova, champagne, chocolate, liqueurs – but in essence it remained the same.
Why the need for these treats?
I always felt cheated by life. I felt that somehow I had missed out, missed the point of it, that something was missing. Life never felt enough for me. I never felt enough for me.
As time went by, these sweet treats were never enough either. I was a bottomless pit of need. I could never get enough sweets to make me feel good. I got fatter, sicker, sadder, heavier, trying to fill the emptiness inside me.
There came a time when I knew I could not go on like this, that there had to be another way. I went searching for different ways to fulfil myself and finally, after a long hard road, with many false trails and dead ends, I found Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine.
There I learned that everything was inside me. That there was nothing outside that was greater than me. I learned to connect with the greatness in me through the simplicity of breathing my own breath. And through this connection I have gradually learned to listen to my body, which holds the living wisdom of everything I have ever lived and known.
In this way I have learned to truly treat myself. To treat myself with kindness, gentleness and loving care. To treat myself with the love I deserve, because I am love and I come from love.
And on the days when I struggle and go looking for sugar, I see that as a sign, showing me that I am not my true self, and an invitation to stop, go deeper, and come back to myself, where everything already is.
Now, every day is a treat. And every day I treat myself – with love.
I am forever inspired by the life and work of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine.
The Truth about Serge Benhayon 
Anne I understand the sweet treats and they still play out in my life today. The remnants of rewarding myself for working so hard, something that was observed within the family too, as I was growing up. And in that process my teeth became sensitive, as the effects of sugar in whatever format it it was in, eroded the enamel. Yet it mattered not as the ignorance and arrogance was that it will be fixed!
Even though it is far from perfect, my go to’s are not like they used to be in the past. I am not owned as much by these stimulants, like before. I am more discerning.
I would rather the sweetness of my own essence, my own magnificence, feed and nourish this body, than a manufactured, false addiction, that lifts, and drops you like a ton of bricks. Then to only reach for more, again and again.
My essence and magnificence is continually pouring through me, ready to be offered and reflected to another…Now that’s LOVE…
I can still relate to this. Years ago I used to claim I was a savoury fan and my sibling was the sweet fan. Little did I know that secretly I was a sweet person too, it was enveloped in alcohol and fizzy drinks!…
Years down the track, there’s always a moment when I crave for sweetness, and it is correct, it is a moment where I’ve dropped, gone into drive and need something to pep me up.
It is that when we connect to that magnificence within us, is far more sweeter than what we ingest, which is temporary. They’re still more to go, but as I discover more of what is within me, I know the treats, the artificial deservings will drop away.
To Treat or to Mis-Treat? That is the question…
Henrietta, love it. Both are unloving and unsupportive to me. A simple question yet a powerful statement with everything that is occurring in this world.
What I find interesting is that the treats and rewards that we are drawn to are often ones that are not that supportive for the body – sweets or alcohol for example do not ‘treat’ the body in any beneficial way and yet we have classified them as treats or rewards. But what are we really then seeking if we realise that we are not doing ourselves any favours? This is a good question to ask for as Anne has presented in this blog, what is really needed to love ourselves up? And if we are not wanting this, then what are we actually doing to ourselves? Perhaps the more correct word is “Mis-treat” until such time that we instead choose to truly treat/love ourselves up.
Sweets and alcohol are easy go to’s and easily purchasable from the supermarkets too. I would rather the simplicity of home cooked foods, that is full of love and made from love. Soul food, enriching and nourishing.
Treats and especially in the form of food is a big one for many of us. I know that I break my day up into parts based on food – my morning cuppa, my lunch time, my dinner and my tea at the end of the day. But why such a dependency on these things when really it is about enjoying the in-between moments too?
This life of seeking treats is such a common phenomenon. There is really so much of us that is motivated based on the treat or the temptation that sits at the end point ‘waiting for us’ and in the process shifts our focus to the end point rather that the steps themselves, and so we live life based on the end rather than the journey itself hence we miss out on the real treat which is to be with ourselves throughout the journey itself.
Many people feel they need treats, or rewards, may be worth taking a moment to ask self why this is? ‘Why the need for these treats? I always felt cheated by life. I felt that somehow I had missed out, missed the point of it, that something was missing. Life never felt enough for me. I never felt enough for me.’
One of the troubles with sugar is that it sends so many false messages to the brain and we can never understand or feel when we are full, or had enough, until we feel ill, so at times it becomes difficult to stop eating.
Yes, sugar is a drug, it gets you addicted so you keep coming back for more.
As well as a preservative type poison that kills probiotics, that is white sugar, so to remain healthy seeing our probiotic are our life line to digestion of our foods, white sugar should be placed on a banned substance list and then Hospitals would all be to big!!!
It’s true that the love within is greater than anything outside of ourselves.
I wonder if we think we deserve a reward because we somehow feel we are having to do something against our own will.
Used to think that treating myself with food and other things was really self caring, for example it might bring me out of the doldrums and provide a distraction or some excitement. As a student of Universal Medicine and the Ageless Wisdom I have come to realise that my essence is love and that my own love is on offer from myself in any moment. Because of this I am coming to understand that in treating myself I am actually in disregard of myself, this is because the love that I am is much greater than anything outside of me. It doesn’t mean a life of austerity or deprivation, it just means if I’m searching for a treat it signifies I’m in disconnection to the love within, because what treat could be greater than being me?
That is a great point Melinda, ‘it just means if I’m searching for a treat it signifies I’m in disconnection to the love within, because what treat could be greater than being me?’
I am starting to feel and see this more and more as well and its a blessing to feel ‘And on the days when I struggle and go looking for sugar, I see that as a sign, showing me that I am not my true self, and an invitation to stop, go deeper, and come back to myself, where everything already is.’
It can be sweet things or the need for recognition but the craving of some of this things are great indicators for me today that I’m not connected to my body and with my true value as a woman. I appreciate the honesty of these moments for the clarity that I receive by being open to see and the opportunity to come back again and again with no judgment but with even more tenderness than ever before.
‘There I learned that everything was inside me.’ A learning and the reminder of what we all deep down inside know. Beautiful revelation Anne.
Everything is indeed inside and perhaps that is a game we play to avoid this and hence seek from the outside? Yet deep within we do hold all the answers….hence we cannnot ever stop asking – thank you Inma and Anne.
We are the sweetness and the treat that we are looking far and wide for. Interesting that we go so far looking for what we think we need, but what we are looking for has been with us the whole time and has never been anywhere else other than with us.
I so agree Linda that honesty is the absolute starting point for “learning to accept and love ourselves”, for without it the doorway is firmly shut. Sometimes the level of honesty that is needed can be very challenging but if we stay steady and keep on saying yes, once the wobbles have subsided it is so worth the commitment, as the commitment to learning to love who we truly are is price-less.
I totally agree Anne, that “every day is a treat” and if sometime during the day it is not feeling like it is, it’s time to stop and ask – I wonder why? Usually it’s because I’ve disconnected from myself and gone on to auto-pilot instead. I’ve discovered that leaving the ‘driving’ of my life to ‘’someone else’ usually means I don’t end up where I want to be and the feeling of joy that could be possible is nowhere to be seen. Now that’s not the kind of day I choose anymore.
Treating ourselves with love rather than sweets…hmm a much more supportive and healthy option, one that can be easily felt in the body.
I reckon the absence of self love is the reason why diets don’t work, we use food as a substitute for love and healing not realising the love we have within, and the loving way we could treat ourselves instead of using food.
Hear, hear.
When we’re not feeling connected to ourselves, we crave anything – sugar, cake, praise and recognition from others, so as to not feel that emptiness. The irony is that we’re never empty – it can feel like it, when we feel out of sorts and disconnected from our bodies, but underneath that veneer is a deep connection to who we are, and our sense of purpose.
Sweet treats are part of someone’s movements who loves speaks and thinks of them very highly.
Love the title of this blog Anne it inspires and offers much to us all when you say ‘…..I have learned to truly treat myself. To treat myself with kindness, gentleness and loving care’.
So simple yet such a a pivotal moment when we are reminded again, “There I learned that everything was inside me. That there was nothing outside that was greater than me.” That is the most sweetest gift we can give ourselves…. connection with our essence.
It’s a process to feel the love within but one that is so worth it, as once we reconnect to it, it is a lifetime of deepening and exploration. The truth is the commitment to this deepening is constant and there will not be the urge or need for sweets.
Isn’t it fascinating how as kids some of our favourite moments or most pronounced moments involved sugar or treats. It’s a bit like they replaced the real special-ness of life, and they substitute knowing we are worth being cherished and worth being treated with absolute respect, love and care.
Yes it is a cheap substitute that prevents us from easily and naturally feel that permanent sweetness of love within.
It’s a beautiful comment Meg and it highlights that there is a true richness to life that comes from the love we can share, which we are not expressing.
I haven’t always gone for sugar as a treat, but have definitely looked for rewards. I’ve found though when I’m looking for a reward I’m not in the present. It’s like not wanting to be where I’m at and be somewhere else. Nothing beats connecting to my body and within, there’s no treat that touches the side.
The reminder that I can choose to treat myself with love, is so foreign to how I was brought up, but it offers volumes, and is so rewarding as a part of my everyday life.
There is no greater treat we can give ourselves and why than, “To treat myself with the love I deserve, because I am love and I come from love.”
There is no greater we can give ourselves and why than, “To treat myself with the love I deserve, because I am love and I come from love.”
A beautifully honest blog on how we can truly ‘treat’ ourselves by connecting to the love within.
I’ve been finding that if I crave anything, even raw sesame seeds, something is awry. There’s a part of my awareness that I am resisting to feel. Cravings are never because I am hungry.
Well said Leigh for as you say any craving is because there is something we do not want to feel and take responsibility for. However, it is at those moments, if we honour what is being reflected to us, are moments of learning and evolution.
“Cravings are never because I am hungry.” Too true Leigh. Cravings signal we need more love, not food, How often do we make the choice to connect deeper and to love, rather than reach out for the fake substitute.
Treats can come in various forms and sometimes it’s not so obvious that I am using food or engaged in some activity to make up for my own absence, and it seems to happen only because I forget to choose my own breath and I am not there with me but something else is.
Treats are there to replace treating ourselves lovingly. That is why they are a hit everywhere.
I have put on weight recently and I know it is because I don’t want to feel what is going on outside which is actually an invitation to feel more deeply what is happening on the inside. In order to avoid these feelings I eat dulling or stimulating or even numbing foods and this delays my taking responsibility in dealing with whatever. There are so many layers to heal and when I am willing I can feel old energy leaving and more coming up to be discarded. There is always so much unseen support for us too, again when we are willing to connect and treat ourselves with love.
Elaine I can’t relate to what you have shared here. That something that we don’t want to feel is often if not alway completely amazing. Sounds like a bit of an oxymoron, but along with feeling how speculator we are is that we have and continue to deny ourselves connecting to this. Choosing love is the only way to chip away at this denial.
Treating ourselves with love is far more loving for our health and well-being than the little indulgences and rewards that if we are honest are not that loving for our bodies.
Now, every day is a treat. And every day I treat myself – with love. Now that is the new way to live our life, to love giving to ourselves and to love sharing all of who we are without holding back, in our fullness, there is no emptiness and thus no need for treats and rewards; We Are Already Everything.
Love this Anne. We are the treat – the sweetness is inside us. If we forsake this inner sweetness then it makes sense that we succumb to the desire to go in search of a sweet filler to take its place.
I love your play on the word ‘treat’ Anne. Treating oneself with great love and care cancels out the need for any so called ‘treats’. Rewards are totally unnecessary when our sweetness has been accessed from the inside as this is fulfilling. Whereas treats fed to us from the outside are never enough to even touch the sides.
When we see, value and appreciate the sweet, tender and gentle being’s we are already we begin to see how our bodies and movements can reflect these qualities. These qualities are also not unique to some and not others we are all equally sweet and tender by nature, so when one person shares these qualities openly for all, we all have the opportunity to revel in the sweetness together.
Treating ourselves with true loving care is to appreciate the tender sweetness of who we are.
I love the idea of treating ourselves with love, kindness and understanding. It is so normal to abuse our bodies, think negatively about ourselves or just finding ourselves ‘average’. Yet it should not be a treat but a true living way of being loving with ourselves but until that is a natural way – treating ourselves with love and care is very supportive to do.
The need to treat ourselves needs to be examined, as when in our fullness there is nothing else that is needed as we are already everything.
Anne thank you for writing such a lovely blog, which resonated with me too. Sugar was always an easy fall back when life got tough, or I simply needed a pick me up, yet the more sugar we eat the more we appear to crave it, and it is lovely when we no longer have to rely on such a fix.
Anne, I so love your blogs and the simplicity and truth you deliver. You’re a definite treat.
Same here Victoria, when I come across a blog of Anne it always is a true treat with a loving message I cannot deny, do not want to deny. It always pulls me up to be more of who I am.
How amazing it is that the craving for something sweet is simply a message that we have somehow lost our natural ‘sweetness’. In this moment our body definitely doesn’t want us to fill it up with sweet foods and drinks to assuage the craving but simply take the time to feel what is out of balance in our life.
And every day you treat yourself with love, how beautiful Anne, ‘I have learned to truly treat myself. To treat myself with kindness, gentleness and loving care. To treat myself with the love I deserve, because I am love and I come from love.’ Absolutely, and the more we bring this to ourselves the easier it then becomes to share with all.
I’ve never had a ‘sweet tooth’ but I did have lots of other treats, food was a big one along with TV and movies. I just realised today that how much I eat for lunch, even if it’s a healthy meal, can be eaten as a treat… like if I’ve had a big morning I then look forward to my lunch.
Once we have that awareness that how we treat ourselves will be the result of our behaviours we will know love in full.
We spend so much time searching and distracting ourselves on the outside, and forget to look inside, where we have everything, ‘That there was nothing outside that was greater than me. I learned to connect with the greatness in me through the simplicity of breathing my own breath. And through this connection I have gradually learned to listen to my body, which holds the living wisdom of everything I have ever lived and known.’
I love this play on words Anne. It is a modern day version of Shakespeare’s proverbial question – ‘to be or not to be?’:
‘I love to treat myself’ OR, ‘I treat myself with love’.
The choice is and always has been ours.
The treat/reward thing is very much ingrained in our society. A while ago I began to question if what we consider a treat really is a treat. For a moment of satisfaction of the sweet flavour in our mouth, what follows in not what I would call a treat – racy behaviour, getting tired after the sugar has worn off, emotional and dramatic behaviour…all that and more is not what I want to treat myself or kids with.
In our family the treat was on the Saturday evening with crisps and softdrinks, indeed it was my religion and I was very much looking forward to that special moment in the weekend. And I continued giving myself treats during my life because I thought I deserved something, a kind of reward as I found it hard to be in the world. Now I choose to stay connected to the best of my abilities and rewards are no longer needed only when I do not listen to my wise body the need for a treat can pop up but this inspires me to deepen my relationship with the love inside me.
Beautiful Anne. Treating myself with love and care. Rather than ‘treating’ myself to sugar sounds like a supportive recipe to me.
I know when I am seeking a reward or recognition from others, it’s because I have left myself and feel the gap in me that my choices have led to. When I choose to stay connected to my movements and my motivation for each move is simply to stay with myself, I don’t feel the same need. Being with me is its own reward.
A beautiful reminder instead of looking for sweet food look for what we are missing within that we are not being fulfilled by life. We need to take responsibility for this seeming “lack” and listen to our bodies for the answer.
When we think we are treating ourselves with love but the experience has not left us feeling loved, the fact that we do not feel loved is a testimony that we are love and we know love. So if we can simply choose to be loving again–even if others do not accept this from us, we can start being love with ourselves.
Anne, just brilliant, thank you. And to feel how everyday can be a treat, just being us, and to know we come from love so of course we treat ourselves with love, such a great reminder this morning. Nothing less than love, and we can choose it anytime.
“In this way I have learned to truly treat myself. To treat myself with kindness, gentleness and loving care. To treat myself with the love I deserve, because I am love and I come from love.” It’s not about saying no to treats but ‘yes!’ to treats of love, kindness, tenderness, gentleness, grace and honouring.
Yes treating ourselves with love is totally different than what we usually think treating ourselves is. Having a sugary snack tastes good but makes us feel not so good afterwards in our body as it is not a true nutrition for the body, so in truth this is not a treat but something our body needs to recover from.
Interesting, the word ‘treat’ and how we can use it as an excuse to indulge when it’s true meaning is to give ourselves the care, time and space to nurture the inner qualities of who we are. The indulgence form seems like the fake meaning and a distraction away from the true quality of the word.
A very beautiful offering on how we can truly sweeten our lives.
Some days things seem a little harder or more intense than others. However, on these days, the choice to be tender with my body is still there for me and when I choose to be tender, the intensity is thwarted, understanding rises and the absolute appreciation of my stillness is there under the very minor disturbance that has affected me.
As I begin to accept the love that I know is within me I realise that it is there all the time and it never goes away; it a question as to whether I choose to connect to it or not.
So powerful Anne, “I learned that everything was inside me.” we are so well versed in looking outside of ourselves for love, support, what to do, what to eat, how to live. That we don’t foster that inner knowing that we have inside of us, which is such a shame because it really does hold all the wisdom in the world.
Well said Reagan – we’ve got it all, yet the more we are distracted by looking outside of ourselves for answers or connection the less we will feel and register the fact that we are already all we’ve ever wanted.
Just yesterday, I noticed how I thought I was entitled to have time just for myself – and it was indeed a mixture of needing to give myself deeply nurturing care and feeling missing out as I actually have not had any day off for a very long time, but the thing is I am settling in more at my new job getting on better with my colleague, relationships becoming more honest and deeper… I thought I was being more ‘me’ and what feels to me is that I am allowing myself to be taken over by something that thinks being who I am is a chore. Woa.
It’s a really great comment Fumiyo highlighting time off as a treat, and the approach to being ourselves in brotherhood as work that we also need time off from!
Life for me is opening up more from reading this lovely blog Anne. Thank you for sharing I feel privileged from the developing understandings I have reached from what you have presented. Sweet things in my life will never be the same. I also feel that whenever I need any type of taste sensation I will remember your blog.
It is great to consider why we feel the need to treat ourselves and when we feel these desires.
The difference is vast in treating ourselves lovingly and in loving, treating ourselves with sweet treats..
A great point Anne that when we choose sweets it is because we have not lived in the fullness of what we have connected to within. This I take into my day today and surrender to exploring why I pull away from living the vast, full, steady holding love I feel within.
‘Life never felt enough for me.’ I can relate to this Anne – when life is only seen for what meets the eye rather than felt and observed for what is actually going on behind the scenes, it feels less and reduced. I find I want more, sweet, salty, carby, anything, to distract or numb the fact that I am living as a reduced version of myself. i.e. not being aware of energy.
Great point Rachael, as I have am taken out by different tastes, which can cause me to over eat and end up with ‘a reduced version of my self and thus not being aware of energy.’
I love how you share “on the days when I struggle and go looking for sugar, I see that as a sign, showing me that I am not my true self, and an invitation to stop, go deeper, and come back to myself, where everything already is.” I also have moments when I go looking for sugar, and it’s great reminder to just stop and acknowledge that I am not my true self, and that I have choice in that moment to go deeper and come back to my Self without any judgement.
You write “every day is a treat” – how glorious and doesn’t it also point in the direction of the root cause of the worldwide obesity epidemic? We use food in the mistaken belief that it will give us something that we don’t already have and because food doesn’t deliver, we keep repeating it like an addicted gambler hanging out and thinking they will hit the jackpot one day.
When we realise that we are what makes every day special, our connection to who we are, our Soul we come to know that there is already richness within that forever awaits to be lived. Through being honest with myself and how my body feels I have discovered that the joy from living in connection to my Soul, to the wisdom of Love from within me as best I can, far exceeds and is so much more lasting that the artificial buzz that comes from a sugar hit. I too and with you Anne as I am learning more and more every day to ‘…treat myself with the love I deserve, because I am love and I come from love.’ – so beautifully said.
This to me has added a greater level of awareness in the way you have shared your comment Carola, thank you very much for expanding my day.
I love that you have developed the awareness to recognise that when you reach for sugar it is a sign you have disconnected from yourself and can choose in that moment to stop, come back to yourself and remember that you are more than anything you could ever put in your mouth.
“In this way I have learned to truly treat myself. To treat myself with kindness, gentleness and loving care. To treat myself with the love I deserve, because I am love and I come from love.” And what a beautiful and very powerful learning this is.
We can reward ourselves in many different ways to numb and distract ourselves, even having a cup of tea can be a reward. Therefore we have to be super honest and discerning as to what we choose is either supportive or rewarding to our body.
Like holidays we take in exotic locations once a year, for many being kind and loving themselves is an act that we do when we get ill or life gets out of control. What you show here Anne is Love is designed for us to live every moment we are alive. When we don’t, we build up a deficit just like a loan to a bank. It’s then just a matter of time till life asks us to pay it right back. One way or the other we are all eventually returning to live in a loving way everyday just as you describe.
I no longer eat cakes and sweets, but how and what I eat pretty much reveals where I am at with myself and it’s amazing how much I am relying on food to offset the nervous energy and exhaustion in my body.
Hi Anne, love reading your blogs . . .“Now, every day is a treat. And every day I treat myself – with love.” . . . now love is a treat that is totally sustainable and doesn’t rot your teeth!
Everytime I’m craving something sweet, I know I’m not connected to myself.. I’m feeling some kind of exhaustion or lethargy, because of the way in which I’ve been working and checked out, and I’m looking for something to pick me up again. When we truly stop and feel, we get to experience the way we’ve been living and what we’ve been driving our bodies with – it’s an opportunity to make different choices, so we don’t perpetuate more of the same.
This is an incredibly revelatory post Anne, of the majesty within that awaits us all. It so deeply true that whenever we are living in connection to our Soul we are eternally treated with the exquisite fulfilling quality of who we are that is simply Heavenly.
A lovely re read Anne. Thank you for reminding me that we are love and come from love and that those craving for “treats” that we feel we deserve are telling us to be more loving and self nurturing.
“And on the days when I struggle and go looking for sugar, I see that as a sign, showing me that I am not my true self, and an invitation to stop, go deeper, and come back to myself, where everything already is.” this is great to remember to use the wanting of something sweet as an indication that we need to surrender and go deeper. In the past when I’ve given in to these cravings it feels like I’m building a wall in between myself and how I really feel.
Anne I was addicted to everything what was sweet and therefore I love what you have shared so honestly in your amazing blog. I love this sentences as it confirms me in what I do as well if I have this craving for sweet things: “And on the days when I struggle and go looking for sugar, I see that as a sign, showing me that I am not my true self, and an invitation to stop, go deeper, and come back to myself, where everything already is.”
Imagine if everytime you went to treat yourself, maybe with something sweet or a gift or whatever, instead you treated yourself with kindness and true care, where could that lead? I reckon a week experimenting with this and your life will never be the same again…
Great question Meg, I love it. Why punish ourselves with a treat when we can support ourselves with a treat that brings us back to our fullness not depletes it.
Yeh the way you describe it makes me think a bit of a tank of petrol, when it’s low we naturally top it up, however when we are low we often deplete our supply further, rather than topping our care-tank up.
I have always been a sucker for a reward, for something to look forward to, it seemed to make everything else easier, as you know relief is coming. Slowly I am braking this mentality, I use to have it with coffee, I would really look forward to that cup, I would always go to the coffee shop once I had dropped the kids at school. This ritual or addiction it changed to decafe, then dandy but once I stopped having milky drinks, I no longer used it as a treat, I didn’t miss or crave the drink that I had planned my mornings around for 15 years. My drink just changed to herbal tea that I sometimes had. Its interesting that all the things that I have used as treats, have been things that aren’t that good for me, doesn’t make sense if they are suppose to be a reward.
So beautiful to re-read your blog Anne. I love this ” To treat myself with the love I deserve, because I am love and I come from love.” My inspiration for today. The more we love the more it magnifies.
Anne, what a blessing to read your blog. I have found when I eat sugary things my body feels tired and run down and everything starts to get harder and fall apart, yet when I treat myself with love suddenly there is an immense fullness which supports me. It is amazing the knock on effect each of our actions has. Say with sugar if I have a little bit I want more and the same with love! So the question arises do I want a tired, run down sugary body or do I want one full of love?
I love the simplicity in your and of what you are sharing. Life does not need to be hard and struggling, it just takes a few and consistent steps every day that allow us to see more of the sweetness that we are.
We pretty much all have “TS” (Treat Syndrome) in some form or other… and TS is always a substitute for TSL ( True Self Love) which, once experienced will, as Anne writes, be the direction we will start to turn to.
Thank you Anne, a beautiful recipe for life, to look at the ingredients that we choose in our everyday life. Choosing love and tenderness brings all the sweetness that we already are.
Lovely to feel the truth of your loving recipe Mary. Everyday is our living recipe and the ingredients we choose by the choices we make = the quality of our lives.
Love what you have written here Anne, so simple ‘That there was nothing outside that was greater than me. I learned to connect with the greatness in me through the simplicity of breathing my own breath.’ We don’t place enough importance on breathing our own breath, something that I look at and work on each and every day.
Great awareness here as to why we feel we need to treat ourselves. I can relate to it a lot “I always felt cheated by life. I felt that somehow I had missed out, missed the point of it, that something was missing. Life never felt enough for me. I never felt enough for me.” If I don’t feel enough for me then of course I’m going to look to so-called ‘treats’ to fill me up. The beauty of the Way of the Livingness as presented by Serge Benhayon, and of which I am a Student, is that we learn to fill ourselves up from the inside until we are positively full to the brim with ourselves. This brings a whole new understanding and appreciation for the phrase, being ‘full of yourself’. Thrown as an insult when in truth it is our natural way of being, which has sadly been forgotten and replaced with an emptiness we then try to fill with whatever we can from the outside. All is never lost though – our fullness is still inside just waiting for us to reconnect to it. Its a simple choice.