It was twenty years ago and I still remember the emotions that coursed through my body when he told me, “You can easily love other people…but you are here to love yourself.” Immediately, I wept. How the hell do I love myself!? The tears and pain from hearing those words dug deep within me. Nobody taught me that I had to love myself. Who teaches that! In my family, we learned how to yell and judge one another on the edge of being mean. Love myself. Great. This is why I’m here. It cut to my core, these words. I knew when I heard them that learning how to love myself was key to not only feeling free, but BEING free, and with freedom comes wholeness. My greatest prayer is to be Whole – fully human AND a Divine Being. Honestly, I pray and hope for all Beings to embody what is rightfully theirs from the moment of existence, wholeness and the freedom that comes from THAT.