#100: Self-Love

Dear Monday Moment readers,

From everyone here at the Momentum team, we are deeply moved by your heartfelt responses to our announcement. Your willingness to share how much the newsletter has impacted you and others in our community is incredibly meaningful to us.

If you didn’t catch last week’s newsletter, we are taking a mindful pause on the newsletter after this issue—our 100th. Thank you all for coming on this journey with us. We are proud of the team we built and the message we have put out into the world.

In the meantime, you can find our past Monday Moment issues on Substack.

Until next time,
The Monday Moment team

 🌅 A BRIEF MEDITATION

When we think of love, we often see ourselves as water, reflecting the light we receive from our surroundings.

"If only the sun would shine my way, I’d have enough light to share with the world and reflect my true nature."

Consider that you are the sun: the true source of light.

Feel a gentle warmth radiating from within, as if a soft sun is rising in your chest. As you radiate outward, the same intensity beams back, no matter where you direct it.

Your light is abundant, reaching beyond the visible landscape to nourish others and illuminate new paths. You have more than enough to share.

➜ Go to your dashboard*

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💗 QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Rumi reminds us that we are the source of the love we seek in others.

It's the core of who we are. Yet over time, we lose touch with this truth.

We layer subconscious blocks separating us from our own love. Conditions that "must" be met to love ourselves and others.

“I'll be enough when I am in the best physical shape. I'll be enough when I finally reach that professional milestone. I'll be enough when I find a partner who loves me.”

Trying to meet these conditions for love isn't sustainable. Even if we fulfill them, the feeling fades, and new conditions take their place.

Our life's task is to recognize and dismantle these self-imposed barriers that block the flow of love. One by one.

By shedding these layers, we uncover the most powerful source of energy within us: love. In doing so, we nourish ourselves and elevate everyone around us.

➜ Go to my dashboard*

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1. "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." – Oscar Wilde

2. "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." – Buddha

3. "The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself." — Michel de Montaigne

4. "You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens." — Louise L. Hay

5. "Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity." — Katrina Mayer

🌎 IT’S ALL GOOD (NEWS)

Here are a few stories that may spark curiosity and wonder. ✨

• 🚙 Finances: This Act Saves Americans Over $600M in 3 Months

• 🌟 Sustainability: Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply

• 🦧 Nature: “Orangutan, Heal Thyself”: First Wild Animal Seen Using Medicinal Plant

• 💗 Acts of Courage: 2 Students Saved P.E. Teacher’s Life After He Suffered Cardiac Arrest

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