Reflections on Relationships and Self-Respect

Just realized the title has many R’s. Right now Mars and Mercury are both retrograde (Rx), which consists of R inspiration. Words like reflect, revise, review, reedit, reconfigure, all represent a Rx. Where do you need to do this in terms of communication, mindset and thoughts, how you take action in everyday life? These are things to ponder.

I chose this picture quote because I believe it fits perfectly with the astrology. I teach you that self-respect is a choice. It’s not a feeling. It’s the choice to KNOW your worth even when you DO NOT feel it. Making those choices over time builds honest, authentic self-respect. It’s that simple and that hard. Not everything worth having comes easy. It takes discipline.

Discipline is forcing ourselves to do the right thing over and over, even when we do not feel like it, until it becomes habit, like second-nature. If you truly love and value yourself you care for yourself mentally, physically, emotionally. And this conjunction today is the perfect way to remind you that it’s not about being perfect. It’s about being whole.

And my friends, if you don’t respect yourself no one else will either because you will not demand it. You will grow bitter and resentful because of it, but that bitterness and resentment is a choice YOU make. YOU choose to keep them in your life, to not…