When I was in a bad phase, I had a dream. It is a (secret) story that revolves around three beings based on elements: earth, spirit and water. It changed me and my perspective of things so I gave it power. I made it my reality. I call them "the elementals". I visualise them. create them out of pure fantasy, worship them, befriend them, love them and, more importantly, accept them. I am them and they're me. Parts of me and I am parts of them, more like, they're different versions of me. They're my soulmates and my lonely companions.
Each being is a personification of their element and their characteristics are based on their properties. Water represents my calm and deep self, like the element itself, just like
Earth represents my rough exteriors (my scars) which, in contrast, is full of magnificent life and kindness on the inside and Spirit is the strong, confident, smart and passionate self that I aspire to be. All of them are me. I know they're not real. I make them real. I talk to them, being as vulnerably honest as I can, which is hard because we often lie to ourselves a lot without realising it. Because they are me, they respond exactly the way I need them to, sometimes silence, sometimes a hug or sometimes even a scold. I take care of myself by taking care of them and by them taking care of me. I fall in love with different parts of me when I do this. This is what I do when I'm having my "alone time". This makes me content.
What is your way to self love? Tell me.
(There's too much left out. There's a reason why I haven't mentioned 'fire'. I want to talk about the elements more and also the story of my dream but, right now, this is all I would like to share.)
