As I Began to Love Myself Self Love Poem by Charlie Chaplin As I began to love myself I found that anguish and

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As I began to love myself I understood how mu#h it #an offend somebody As I try to for#e my desires on this $erson, even though I knew the time was not right and the $erson was not ready for it, and even though this $erson was me. Today I #all it %E&'E T". As I began to love myself I sto$$ed #raving for a different life, and I #ould see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I #all it (ATU%IT!". As I began to love myself I understood that at any #ir#umstan#e, I am in the right $la#e at the right time, and everything ha$$ens at the As and I I e)a#tly began sto$$ed right to love moment. myself I &o /uit I #ould my be own the #alm. time, future. Today I #all it &E*+, -N+I.EN E". steeling for designing huge $ro0e#ts

Today, I only do what brings me 0oy and ha$$iness, things I love to do and that make my heart #heer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I #all it &I('*I IT!". As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health 1 food, $eo$le, things, situations, and everything the drew me down and away from myself. At first I #alled this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is *-2E -+ -NE&E*+". As I began to love myself I /uit trying to always be right, and ever sin#e I was wrong less of the time. Today I dis#overed that is (-.E&T!". As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the $ast and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where E2E%!THIN3 is ha$$ening. Today I live ea#h day, day by day, and I #all it +U*+I**(ENT". As I began to love myself I re#ogni4ed that my mind #an disturb me and it #an make me si#k. 5ut As I #onne#ted it to my heart, my mind be#ame a valuable ally. Today I #all this #onne#tion 6I&.-( -+ THE HEA%T". 6e no longer need to fear arguments, #onfrontations or any kind of $roblems with ourselves or others. Even stars #ollide, and out of their #rashing new worlds are born. Today I know THAT I& *I+E"7