A Valentine’s Day Practice of Self-Acceptance and Forgiveness
Valentine’s Day can sometimes make us feel as though we’re supposed to find someone else to love us, appreciate us, and validate our worth. Romantic love can begin to feel like the only kind of love that counts. Here, at the Flawless Foundation, we see this day a little differently.
Valentine’s Day is actually one of our favorite days of the year. For us, it’s a time to practice self-love and extend kindness to those who may not be feeling loved.
On this day of sweetness and celebration, we invite you to expand your heart to include forgiveness, compassion, and self-acceptance, not just as ideals for one day, but as practices to carry with you throughout the year.
Flawless love is compassion, understanding, acceptance, and forgiveness. Our tagline, “Seeing the perfection in every person,” reflects this belief deeply.
We often write about self-acceptance and self-care as foundational elements of universal love. In our interviews, we regularly ask people what our tagline means to them. When we posed this question to our board member Ross Szabo, he reminded us of a powerful truth: forgiveness is an essential part of love.
Not only does this idea resonate intuitively, but research also supports the neuroscience behind forgiveness, both forgiving others and forgiving ourselves. Ross shared:
“Seeing perfection is also forgiveness and understanding that as we grow, we may do things or say things that we’re not proud of, but they shouldn’t define us.”
Growth requires grace.
For anyone who may be struggling this Valentine’s Day, our wish is that you move closer to self-love, that you see your own perfection, forgive your perceived “flaws,” and allow yourself to be your own Valentine.
