Self-love or Self-sabotage?

8. Is this an act of self-love OR is it an act of self-sabotage?

A very good question! Are the choices that I make demonstrating that I love myself, all of me, that I care about myself, and that I am taking care of myself?? Or are they acts of self-sabotage... taking me farther away from self-care and taking me farther away from my dreams and desire and vision?

If I can't love myself... how can I love others? If I look for love from others to satisfy my own need for love... it will never work. If I love myself, though... that love will shine out for others to see and will even increase their capacity for self-love...

This is apparently one of the most difficult ones... to practice self-love... I know that I'm not always very successful at it! I was doing pretty good with exercise during the summer but now I've slackd off... I am doing good with not drinking Coke... not so good with chocolate at the moment (Christmas is a bad time!)... I am taking time for myself each day to go to Starbucks and have a hot chocolate and read a book... It is a outing, a time for me, free of all the distractions like email and dishes and laundry... Time just for me! So... a question... am I choosing self-love or self-sabotage??