Uovo Amore

Oh the plethora of self love on the interwebs is amazing! We oftentimes don't spend as much time loving ourselves as criticizing ourselves. Our lives center around improvement and getting ahead. But then, who knows you better than yourself? Where is your internal "Snaps Cup"? When you stop to really, REALLY look at your life, at the end of the day you want to be able to go to bed and say.

"You did good today. And you'll do better tomorrow."

I'm not talking about building yourself up in order to prep for something hard ahead like an interview or review or opening night. I'm talking about a genuine contentment, for being something great. Have you ever noticed that the things you do the best are NOT the things you never set out to do in order to BECOME something? Many times, the things you are good at are the things that you LIKE to do. And you naturally become good at them, not because you set out to be great; but being more knowledgeable made it more fun for you.

Some of the best writing I've found recently on the web on the topic of self-love:
Already Pretty's Case for Self Love

People love you. They do, and they always will. But in the end, you must be your own champion. The only person who can truly teach the world about your marvelous, sensual, graceful, unique, lovely, and undeniably beautiful self is YOU. When you believe you’re beautiful, the world believes right along with you.
Loving yourself is hard. It’s work. It’s never-ending and there are a thousand forces working against your success. But believe me when I say it is worth the effort. You are worth the effort. Put that effort forth and you will be dazzled by the world of opportunity that unfolds before you.

And Gala Darlings' Stop the Madness!

Until we can all learn to accept & EMBRACE our bodies as the FLAWED MIRACLES that they are, this nonsense will continue. As long as you buy tabloids which speculate about celebrity weight gain or loss, we are all suckers. As long as you participate in “body snark”, discuss the appearance of other people, or give a crap about what size pants you wear, you are totally & 100% buying into it!
The bottom line: if you don’t let people know that their behaviour won’t be tolerated, nothing will change. Set an example! It’s easy to say you’ll do these things, but when you step away from your computer, will you make those changes in the real world? I’m going to start right now.

Radical self-hate is bullshit, & standing by & being a silent witness to it is almost as bad.

So get to know yourself. Really dig in there. Remember when Julia Roberts in "Runaway Bride" would change her egg preference based upon the man she was dating? And she finally sat down with a bunch of different eggs to figure out how she actually liked them? I think a lot of us are constantly caught up in this swing. As an actor, I'm asked to play a lot of different roles, so it behooves me to be flexible. But in real life, we are most drawn to the others around us that make genuine, sure choices.

How do you like your eggs?