Look in the Mirror and Say “I Choose You!”
“I got a whole lot of life to live and I want you to always be a part of it, I choose you.” Barcelona, “ I Choose You ” “I Choose You” is a hauntingly beautiful new song by Seattle rock trio Barcelona. The song has been piercing my soul for about 24 hours now. It’s a typical love song sang by boy to girl. But this morning as it was playing I chose to stand in front of my mirror and sing the above to myself. As I sang the words “I choose you,” I pointed at myself in the mirror. It was an exercise in self-acceptance and self-love. The ability to love others has only one prerequisite: We must first love ourselves. We must first choose to be on our own side. Before we can choose to make someone else important in our lives, we must first choose to make ourselves important in our lives. No other person can provide us with self-acceptance and self-love. We must look in the mirror and say to ourselves “I choose you.” I choose to like you, I choose to accept...