All of us want a guarantee. We want our partner to guarantee their love for us until the end. We want guaranties we will stay healthy, although we may not be taking care of ourselves. We even want a guarantee when we begin our inner journey. With no guarantee of connecting with our true selves, we may not want begin. We may also want a guarantee that we will not feel any pain as we peel back the layers of our false persona.

One thing we forget is the strength to silence our inner critic will be found in the love we have for ourselves.

If we look closer we may notice how we fluctuate between unconditional love and conditional love as a way to manipulate those around us. Unconditional love for a job well done, conditional love when things don’t work out in our favor.

If we accept that our self-doubt and its best friend negative self-talk are lying to us why do we give them so much power over our lives? What is the antidote to these negative voices? Nothing else but self-love. The eternal source of unconditional love found deep within each and every one of us.