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Charlie Chaplin, as I began to love myself
I never thought that I’d be writing a post based on Charlie Chaplin, but I am. I’ve been very surprised to find that he’s said and written some impressive stuff.
Firstly, I found some text (poem?) that he supposedly wrote on his 70th birthday, although there is some disagreement about this and some people say [this turned out to be so wrong – see the comments at the bottom] that it was actually a translation of text from the book “When I Loved Myself Enough” by Kim & Alison McMillen. I don’t really care what the origin of this text is, I found it very poignant and moving for me.
Here is the complete text.
Charlie Chaplin – as I began to love myself
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”.
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.
As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”.
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!
Almost every word of this text resonates with me. I find it very special and very wise.
As I began to love myself…
As I began to love myself…I was struck by how almost every sentence starts with “As I began to love myself…” which doesn’t mean love in the sense of an unhealthy infatuation and belief that you are better than others. It means to have a healthy respect and compassion for ourselves and to acknowledge that we have a definite, fundamental potential to do good in the world.
I think that beginning to love myself was the key ingredient for me to lose weight (see How did I lose 75 pounds?). When I was very heavy, I didn’t really have enough respect and compassion for myself. I thought I wasn’t worthy. I didn’t think I was as good as everybody else. Somewhere along the way (probably during this training course) I began to realize that I was worthy of my own respect and compassion, and this changed everything. All of a sudden it was worth taking care of my body and I began to find ways to make myself healthier.
When I read the words “As I began to love myself…” I thought that maybe this is common in life. Maybe we lose our way during life and, at some point, have to learn to love ourselves again.
Reminders of Mindfulness and the Power of the Mind
The second last paragraph is particularly powerful;
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.
It makes me remember the books of Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness, and Lissa Rankin, Mind Over Medicine, and the video interview of Bruce Lipton, Subconscious mind power.
It’s becoming pretty clear to me that the most powerful component of our lives is our mind. It we don’t control it, we don’t control our lives. If we make use of its power, there’s almost nothing we can’t do.
Reminders of The Hero’s Journey
The very last paragraph causes me to remember the work of Joseph Campbell, well summarized in the film Finding Joe. “Even when stars collide” there is nothing to fear. It is just part of our journey through life. Good things, better things, are on the other side of what appears to be bad.
Charlie Chaplin’s speech in The Great Dictator
Charlie Chaplin’s speech in The Great DictatorAs part of my research into Charlie Chaplin, I found a speech that he made as the lead character in his 1940 movie The Great Dictator. I’d never heard of this movie before and I’d never heard Charlie Chaplin speak, so this speech was surprising and moving.
A fun graphic of “As I began to love myself…”
Finally I found this fun graphic capturing the text of “As I began to love myself…” from mindvalleyacademy.com.
Charlie Chaplin – ahead of his time?
I’m surprised by the wisdom in the text quoted here and in the speech from Charlie’s movie that was made 74 years ago. The sentiments expressed could have been written or spoken today and have the same impact.
Have we known everything that we should be doing all along? It appears so. The right direction in life might be as simple as just acting on the things we know, deep down, are the right things to do.
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Comments
Yolande Jameson says
Kim McMillen was born in 1961. Charlie Chaplin was 70 years old in 1959 and 80 in 1969 when Kim McMillen was 8 years old. If the original was written by her and her sister, then why is this child prodigy not world famous?
Thanks for re-igniting consideration of Kim McMillen. It’s hard for me to find information about her. And there seems to be a lot of debate about whether Chaplin’s poem derives from her work.
I’m going to buy a copy of Kim’s book and try to find more information about her.
Does anybody know where to find reliable information about Kim McMillen?
Yolande Jameson says
correction – Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889, therefore, in 1961 when Kim McMillen was born he would have been 72 years old.
I bought Kim Mc Millen’s book “When I Loved Myself Enough” and in the back there’s a beautiful note by her daughter Alison (this note was written in 2001) where she says her mother died in September 1996, at the age of 52, from a sudden and unexpected illness just a few months after writing the book.
Based on this, Kim McMillen must have been born in about 1944. But then her daughter says she wrote the book in 1996. So there really can’t be any connection with Charlie Chaplin.
Anyway, I’m glad to have found this lovely little book by Kim McMillen.
Pete,
Can you tell me if the text attributed to Charlie Chaplin is indeed in the book of the McMillen’s?
That seems to me a key question.
BTW, thanks for checking this out. Couldn’t find conclusive answer in an internet search on this beautiful text.
Hi Jos,
No, the actual text is not in Kim McMillen’s book, but the feel is similar. It’s quite possible that somebody used Kim’s book as inspiration to create the text we see attributed to Chaplin, and the Chaplin speech theory could be a hoax. Wonder if we’ll ever know.
Kim McMillen’s book is lovely and it’s the real deal.
This conjecture doesn’t really bother me too much, because Kim’s book is so beautiful and the text attributed to Chaplin is lovely to read as well. Both prompt positive life progress.
Thanks very much for your comment Jos. Have a good Day.
Olaf Hantl says
[See my reply to this comment below]
alison mcmillen, August 10, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Hi –
My name is Alison McMillen. My mom, Kim McMillen wrote a book called ‘When I Loved Myself Enough”. The text above is very very very very similar to her book, although it looks like much has been modified in translation. I have seen reference to a poem by Charlie Chaplin and have no idea where the link has come from but I feel very certain that the above poem is a translated version of my mom’s work.
Let me know if you have any questions about her book.
Thanks
Alison McMillen
YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING!
Chaplin never, never, deliver this birthday speach! (in 1959)
Brasilian idiots who thougt that’s funny are the creator of this Pseudepigraph.
Take this pseudepigraph from your site and bring it to an end!
Greetings from Germany
Kim McMillens original poem in Portugese.
The source for the Charlie Chaplin pseudepigraph (since 2003).
Thanks for the comment Olaf.
Just to clarify for everyone else, Olaf has cut-and-pasted a reply that Alison McMillen made to another post back in 2010. As far as I can tell, the cut-and-paste is authentic.
Please, I’m a brazilian, don’t say that we are idiots…
But guys, let’s be attentive to her comment and let’s give credit to people who deserves it… She seems the real author of this text.
Olaf, der Schneemann says
@isabela: sorry!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmr6DAQJ-yY
Only one who’s name was “Kelly Faustina”.
She doesn’t know that this poem wasn’t from Charlie.
https://www.remid.de/blog/2017/05/charlie-chaplin-und-die-wahrheit-der-alternativen-medien/
@Marija … sorry, wenn ich sage: ist mir egal ob Du es löscht oder nicht.
Als ich hier meinen Text geschrieben habe, da war ich echt auf 180.
Heute denke ich wie Kim – nur nenne ich es anders.
Viel Erfolg mit Deinen Patienten! LG, Olaf
Thank you very much.
Today i left a comment on Facebook, about Charlie Chaplins “Selflove” and i wasn’t sure who really wrote the poem and now i’m very happy to know it’s from a woman. For seven years now the poem is beside me and my deepest inspiration, and i send a heart to heaven for Kim McMillen and i just wanna say thank you for lighten me up Olaf Hantl.
Greetings from Germany at lake Starnberg Bavaria
Rebella Bex
My dear Rebella,
thank you, for your kind words. There are sources for my informations I had found. So we’ll give them our thankfulness, too.
Greetings from Frankfurt at river Main 🙂
Olaf
My dear Peter,
she loves this poem – so what can we other do, as allow it to stand.
Love is blind 😉
Thanks for copying us on that link Betty.
All the best,
Peter.
Well, for me this is the best thing I have ever read. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Isadora. It really is some inspiring text.
This is a comment I received from someone called Lydia;
“I am just emailing you to let you know that I want to use the poem ‘As I Began To Love Myself’ by Charlie Chaplin. I am a part of a thing at my school known as Contest Speech. One of my events is poetry, and I wanted to do this particular poem. I just wanted to let you know that I would be using it.”
Thanks for your note. This text really is beautiful isn’t it? I’m glad you’re going to expose it at your school.
Hope everything goes really well for you.
Perhaps we will really never know who wrote the poem. It does not sound like Chaplin, but I am not a specialist on him. I have seen several of his movies and read about him, but had not seen this poem that is attributed to Chaplin. As to the question of authenticity, yes, it does matter to know who wrote it. It is simply a questions of authenticity, copyright infringement, and fair use of someone else’s intellectual property. Plagiarism, in other words, is a serious offense and punishable by law.
Now, it could also be that Chaplin did write something similar and Kim was inspired by it and wrote something that sounds like that. As to calling those who have attributed this to Chaplin idiots is a bit harsh – perhaps they do not know where this whole thing started anyway. Perhaps a Chaplin biographer would have the answer?
Thanks for your comments L. You make some good points.
Received this a while ago from Lydia;
“I am just emailing you to let you know that I want to use the poem “As I Began To Love Myself” by Charlie Chaplin. I am a part of a thing at my school known as Contest Speech. One of my events is poetry, and I wanted to do this particular poem. I just wanted to let you know that I would be using it.”
I hope it all went well for Lydia. No matter who wrote this poem, it is beautiful.
Hey, nice post, but the poem was actually written By Kim McMillen. Charlie Chaplin read it on his 70th birthday.
https://www.pensador.com/busca.php?q=Kim+Mc+Milen
For the Kim McMillen fans: on this page, you can find the original source of this “pseudepigraph”. For all the Chaplin fans: Chaplin doesnt’t know this fake poem,
without an known and professed originator from pensador.
“Quando me amei de verdade” (the original extraction from Kim McMillens little book) the source for all the existing postprocessings.
Quando me amei de verdade,
pude compreender
que em qualquer circunstância,
eu estava no lugar certo,
na hora certa.
Então pude relaxar.
Quando me amei de verdade,
pude perceber que o
sofrimento emocional é um sinal
de que estou indo contra a minha verdade.
Quando me amei de verdade,
parei de desejar que a minha vida
fosse diferente e comecei a ver
que tudo o que acontece contribui
para o meu crescimento.
Quando me amei de verdade,
comecei a perceber como
é ofensivo tentar forçar alguma coisa
ou alguém que ainda não está preparado
– inclusive eu mesma.
Quando me amei de verdade,
comecei a me livrar de tudo
que não fosse saudável.
Isso quer dizer: pessoas, tarefas,
crenças e – qualquer coisa que
me pusesse pra baixo.
Minha razão chamou isso de egoismo.
Mas hoje eu sei que é amor-próprio.
Quando me amei de verdade,
deixei de temer meu tempo livre
e desisti de fazer planos.
Hoje faço o que acho certo
e no meu próprio ritmo.
Como isso é bom!
Quando me amei de verdade,
desisti de querer ter sempre razão,
e com isso errei muito menos vezes.
Quando me amei de verdade,
desisti de ficar revivendo o passado
e de me preocupar com o futuro.
Isso me mantém no presente,
que é onde a vida acontece.
Quando me amei de verdade,
percebi que a minha mente
pode me atormentar e me decepcionar.
Mas quando eu a coloco
a serviço do meu coração,
ela se torna uma grande e valiosa aliada.
Kim e Alison McMillen
Lovely regards from Germany
Olaf H.
Chaplin was a genius as a person, actor or written poem n music Smile. I read a poem in Portuguese isn’t the same words as the Kim McMillen poem so all the credits goes to Chaplin.
“As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”.
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.
As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”.
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!”
Did Charlie Chaplin Write the Poem, ‘As I Began to Love Myself’?
Sometimes the author of a poem gets lost in translation.
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Charlie Chaplin was an actor, director, composer, and according to a persistent internet rumor, the author of a poem entitled, “As I Began to Love Myself”:
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering
are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody
As I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time
was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this
person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life,
and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.
Today I call it “MATURITY”.
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance,
I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens
at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm.
Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.
As I began to love myself I quit steeling my own time,
and I stopped designing huge projects for the future.
Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do
and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in
my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for
my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew
me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude
a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since
I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry
about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where EVERYTHING
is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”.
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me
and it can make me sick. But As I connected it to my heart, my
mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this
connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems
with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing
new worlds are born. Today I know THAT IS “LIFE”!
In addition to the numerous websites that reproduced this poem in full while attributing it to Chaplin, a few stanzas of this poem have also been used to create share-worthy memes featuring the famous actor’s image:
This poem, however, was not penned by the silent-era actor. This actually appears to be an English translation of a Portuguese translation of an English-language book written by Kim and Alison McMillen.
Before we get to the somewhat convoluted origins of this poem, let’s consider the fact that Charlie Chaplin, who passed away at the age of 88 in 1977, was one of the most famous actors of the silent era. In addition to his own autobiography, dozens of books have been written and movies made about his life and work. If Chaplin truly wrote this poem, we should be able to easily find a record of where and when it was originally published. Yet, we were unable to find references to Chaplin’s writing of this poem in any credible source. It seems that this poem has only been attributed to Chaplin on random blogs and internet memes.
As for the poem itself, it appears to be a reworking of a selection of stanzas that were originally published in 2001 in the book “When I Loved Myself Enough.” Although the stanzas in the alleged Chaplin poem are not verbatim replicas of passages in the McMillens’ book, they express familiar sentiments with similar language:
When I loved myself enough I quit settling for too little.
When I loved myself enough I came to know my own goodness.
When I loved myself enough I began taking the gift of life seriously and gratefully.
When I loved myself enough I began to know I was in the right place at the right time and I could relax.
When I loved myself enough I felt compelled to slow down way down. And that has made all the difference.
In 2003, this book was translated into Portuguese by Iva Sofia Golcalves Lima under the title, “Quando Me Amei de Verdade.” That translated text was later abbreviated to a few select passages and started to spread around the internet. Here’s how a portion of that text appeared in one 2005 blog post:
Quando me amei de verdade pude compreender que, em qualquer circunstância, eu estava no lugar certo, na hora certa.
Então pude relaxar.
Quando me amei de verdade pude perceber que o sofrimento emocional
é sinal que estou indo contra minha verdade.
Quando me amei de verdade parei de desejar que a minha vida fosse
diferente e comecei a ver que tudo que acontece contribui
para o meu crescimento.
When I truly loved myself, I could understand that under any circumstances I was in the right place at the right time.
Then I could relax.
When I truly loved myself, I realized that emotional suffering
It’s a sign that I’m going against my truth.
When I truly loved myself I stopped wishing my life was different and I started to see that everything that happens contributes
for my growth.
This text continued to evolve as it was translated back into English. It’s not entirely clear when Chaplin’s name was first attached to the text, but it appears to have been sometime around 2007, about 30 years after the actor’s death.
In sum, the poem “As I Began to Love Myself” was not written by Charlie Chaplin. As far as we can tell, this poem is actually an English translation of Portuguese translation of an English language book written by Kim and Alison McMillen in 2001 entitled “When I Loved Myself Enough.” That text was then altered even further into the shareable form it consists of today. It’s unclear who arranged these stanzas into their current form.
ЧАРЛИ ЧАПЛИН : КОГДА Я ПОЛЮБИЛ СЕБЯ
Слова великого человека, которые проникают в душу, открывают глаза и стоят быть услышанными.
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Речь Чарли Чаплина на свое 70-летие – наш выбор к статьям
Речь Чарли Чаплина на 70-е – это источник озарения и вдохновения, ориентир на каждый день в жизненным пути.
В ней найдете мудрые ответы на вопросы: что значит быть самим собой, самоуважение, зрелость, уверенность в себе, простота, любовь к самому себе, скромность, удовлетворение, мудрость сердца, жизнь.
О Личности: Чарльз Спенсер (Чарли) ЧАПЛИН
(англ. Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin; 16.04.1889-25.12.1977)
Американский и английский киноактёр, сценарист, композитор, кинорежиссёр, продюсер и монтажёр, универсальный мастер кинематографа. За полвека творческой деятельности он успел сняться более чем в 100 фильмах. По версии Американского института киноискусства актер занимает 10-е место в списке ста величайших звезд кино за 100 лет среди мужчин. Дважды — в 1929 и в 1972 годах Чарли Чаплин был удостоен премии «Оскар» за вклад в развитие кинематографа.
Речь Чарли Чаплина на 70-летие: «Когда я полюбил себя…»
Когда я полюбил себя, я понял, что тоска и страдания – это только предупредительные сигналы о том, что я живу против своей собственной истины. Сегодня я знаю, что это называется «Быть самим собой».
Когда я полюбил себя, я понял, как сильно можно обидеть кого-то, если навязывать ему исполнение моих же собственных желаний, когда время еще не подошло, и человек еще не готов, и этот человек – я сам. Сегодня я называю это – «Самоуважение».
Когда я полюбил себя, я перестал желать другой жизни, и вдруг увидел, что жизнь, которая меня окружает сейчас, предоставляет мне все возможности для роста. Сегодня я называю это «Зрелость».
Когда я полюбил себя, я понял, что при любых обстоятельствах я нахожусь в правильном месте в правильное время, и все происходит исключительно в правильный момент. Я могу быть спокоен всегда. Теперь я называю это «Уверенность в себе».
Когда я полюбил себя, я перестал красть свое собственное время и мечтать о больших будущих проектах. Сегодня я делаю только то, что доставляет мне радость и делает меня счастливым, что я люблю и что заставляет мое сердце улыбаться. Я делаю это так, как хочу и в своем собственном ритме. Сегодня я называю это «Простота».
Когда я полюбил себя, я освободился от всего, что приносит вред моему здоровью – пищи, людей, вещей, ситуаций. Всего, что вело меня вниз и уводило с моего собственного пути. Сегодня я называю это «Любовь к самому себе».
Когда я полюбил себя, я перестал всегда быть правым. И именно тогда я стал все меньше и меньше ошибаться. Сегодня я понял, что это «Скромность».
Когда я полюбил себя я прекратил жить прошлым и беспокоиться о будущем. Сегодня я живу только настоящим моментом и зову это «Удовлетворением».
Когда я полюбил себя, я осознал, что ум мой может мне мешать, что от него можно даже заболеть. Но когда я смог связать его с моим сердцем, он сразу стал моим ценным союзником. Сегодня я зову эту связь «Мудрость сердца».
Нам больше не нужно бояться споров, конфронтаций, проблем с самими собой и с другими людьми. Даже звезды сталкиваются, и из их столкновений рождаются новые миры. Сегодня я знаю, что это – «Жизнь»!
Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday: As I Began to Love Myself
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “Authenticity“.
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “Respect“.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “Maturity“.
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment, so I could be calm. Today I call it “Self-confidence“.
As I began to love myself I quit steeling my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “Simplicity“.
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health-food, people, things, situations, and everything the drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “Love of oneself“.
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “Modesty“.
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “Fulfillment“.
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But As I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “Wisdom of the heart“.
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know that is “Life“!