Yes, You Can!: Daily Encouragement, Inspiration, Self-love Affirmations and Positive Affirmations for Black Men by Damian Johnson
Self-love is the doorway to self-actualization. You see yourself deserving of the best in life and stir in yourself the desire to do whatever it'll take to give yourself the best in life when you've learned to love yourself for who you are.The number one person that is most deserving of your love is yourself; but it is so sad that most of us are finding it very difficult loving ourselves. We see ourselves trying very hard to please everyone else and prove to them that we love them while we leave ourselves that need such love the most starved of our love.Why do we do this? Most of us have difficulty showing ourselves love because we think we're undeserving of such love. The number one prerequisite for love to be possible is acceptance; anything you don't accept, you can never love. Some of us have great difficulty accepting ourselves for who we are that is why we find it hard to love ourselves. Rather, we try to channel the love we're supposed to give ourselves to others hoping that they would give us their validation in return and make us feel good about ourselves, but that is always not the case. The people we thought would love us so that we can feel good about ourselves always make us feel worse that we start wondering if there's anyone out there that can truly show us love. Let me tell you this truth that no one would want to tell you: no one can give to you what you haven't first given to yourself. You're the one that can show others how to love you and if you are not showing yourself love; others would find out and treat your worse than you're treating yourself.This self-love book for black men will show you how you can love yourself for who you are and inspire you to take steps to develop yourself and make yourself the best you can be. The information shared in the pages of this inspirational book is unique and will open your eyes to see that you're more deserving of your love than anyone else and show you why you should never deprive yourself of such love.You're the most important person in your life and you deserve the best treatment possible from yourself and this is exactly what this self-love and self-esteem building book will help make possible in your life
