The synthesis proposed by Jesus, around love, is of the most beautiful known psychotherapies: To love God above all things and your neighbor as yourself.

Facing the impossibility for man to love God in its fullness, since he has difficulty in conceiving the absolute, he carries out the mister, inverting the order which was taught, loving himself first, to develop the skills that sleep in latency.

Striving to acquire illuminative values at each moment, he grows towards the love for his neighbor, natural consequence of the love for himself, since the other is an extension of him.

Then, finally he wins the love for God, in an incomparable transcendence, in which the love predominates in all the emotions and is responsible for all our acts.

The Spirit Joanna de Angelis, through the mediumship of Divaldo Franco, presents the need of first loving yourself, as an essential lever for the conquest of all spheres of this supreme feeling.

But, how to love yourself?

The as yourself, proposed by Jesus, is an imperative which must not be confused with selfishness or self-centeredness.

Loving yourself means respect and right to life, the happiness that each individual has and deserves.

It is about a love that preserves peace, the devotion to healthy habits and moral, spiritual and intellectual cares to yourself.

It is to always make the best choices for yourself, seeing yourself as an immortal Spirit, and never fail to respect, obviously, the common good.

When I choose to love my family more, dedicating myself entirely to relationships, cultivating peace and tolerance, I am loving myself.

When I choose to forgive and not take the weight of a heartbreak with me, I am loving myself.

When I choose to learn, seeking intellectual refinement in the areas of knowledge of my interest, I am loving myself.

When I accept myself as I am and see in my imperfections temporary situations - once I make efforts to correct my mistakes - I am loving myself.

When I dedicate myself, daily, to the examination of my conscience, to meditation, to self-knowledge, I am giving proofs of the love for myself.

They are examples of attitudes, thoughts and feelings that elevate our self-esteem - that is this judgment that we make of ourselves - and push us forward, to our happiness.

The love for yourself provides a clearer view of who you are, of what you want and do not want for yourself.

It is through it that we establish goals for our existence: educational goal, family, social, artistic, economic and spiritual, thinking of ourselves not only now, but caring for the future.

We are all important. Unique creatures in the Universe who seek happiness through learning to love: to yourself, to the others and to God.

So love yourself... While it is today.

Spiritist Moment Team, based on chapter 13, from the
book Amor, imbativel amor, of Joanna de Angelis,
psychographed by Divaldo Pereira Franco, publisher Leal.
September 22.9.2012.