Discipline is the highest form of self-love

Multiple times, I have come across people expressing how taking a relaxing hot bath with candles, incense, and ambient music; reading a good book with a warm cup of coffee in the middle of winter, or even enjoying a glass of wine while watching your favorite Netflix show is self-love.

Look, I get it. It is indeed important to take some time to yourself in the way that it makes you feel more alive and in touch with your being. Taking some time to unwind and relax is of uttermost important. We all need, and we all do it. But that’s not real self-love.

Discipline is one of the highest, if not the highest, form of self-love. It is quite literally telling yourself that you will delay instant gratification and comfort for better things to come in the future. Discipline is trusting yourself by doing what you said you were going to do. By aligning your actions to your thoughts. From thinking, to doing, to being.

True self-love is how you manage yourself in the face of adversity. What you are willing to do to create the version of yourself you admire the most.

True self-love is hard. It is the hardest yet most rewarding thing you can ever do.