Love More: Lessons on the Art of Self-Love and Love for Others

By Lisa Sarayeldin

You are the storyteller of your life and the chooser of all your thoughts, feelings, and actions. You have the strength to manifest your wishes, and you have the answers within you to fulfill your soul’s purpose. In Love More, author Lisa Sarayeldin helps you discover how adversities are blessings in disguise, sharing what it takes to create the life you want to live.

Through exercises, soul searching, and trusting your intuition, you will gain and create inner peace, awareness, love, strength, and resilience within and around you. You’ll learn to uncover and free your greatest and most lovable self to live a life full of joy, excitement, and enthusiasm. You’ll be living in your truth, and that is the key to happiness.

Simple, easy-to-read, life-changing, motivating, and insightful, Love More sets you on the path of personal growth, facilitating a reclamation of awareness and power.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press AU
• Release date: Mar 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9781982293925

Lisa Sarayeldin

Lisa Sarayeldin is based in Sydney, Australia, and works for Western Sydney University. This is her first book on personal development and self-growth. As a writer, she encourages individuals to discover self-love and the art of loving more. Sarayeldin’s writing and work are inspired by her passion and commitment to serve and help people be their true selves.

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For my two

little loves, Zaiden and Isla.

You are my greatest blessings

and my biggest teachers.

I see you, I hear you, I love you.

—Mum

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Love Is

Your Thoughts, Beliefs, and Actions

Habits

Ignorance

Victimisation

You

Self-Image

Self-Love

Self-Discipline

Perceptions: Adversities Are Your Blessings

The Change Begins with You

Forever Be a Student of Life

Choose Love

Bixt It

Affirmations

Gratitude

Celebrating Life

Library

About Lisa

Preface

Over the past few years, I have immersed myself in many motivational and personal development books, which provided the safety, comfort, and reassurances I needed to discover my power and potential. Throughout my journey, my purpose and love for writing and serving others came about. I intended to create a simple, easy-to-read, life-changing, motivating, and insightful book. Some of the content in this book is not new and has been preached and practised for thousands of years by a range of outstanding innovators and teachers. Like them, I am an instrument providing a service to you, hoping that these words will help you create a purposeful life you want to live.

In the coming chapters, I will discuss common challenges in today’s world and present various ways to overcome many life demands. This book is intended to be your friend, source, and guide bringing forth your highest self. As you read along, you will gain and create inner peace, awareness, love, strength, and resilience within and around you. You will also realise what you are capable of and that there never is a moment that you cannot handle. Daily experiences, challenges, and obstacles will be approached in a holistic, kind, and gentle way, and you will discover that all your adversities are blessings in disguise.

Acknowledgements

This book is a collective piece of the many minds and souls of both past and present legendary spiritual leaders. Through their teachings, words of wisdom, acts of service, love, and guidance, not only was this book created, but their existence and desire to change the world have helped shape the person I am today.

I would also like to acknowledge my incredible support network: my family, friends, and those who have taught me all that I know about this extraordinary life we live. Thank you for standing by me, encouraging me during my challenging times, and allowing me to see my potential. I am forever grateful.

Finally, I would like to make a special mention to my beautiful mum, Lena, whose love, patience, kindness, compassion, and service are inspiring and appreciated. You are the true definition of love.

Love Is

Love is listening

Love is forgiving

Love is found in the essence of giving.

Love is divine

Love is letting go

Love is everywhere, more than you know.

Love is pure

Love is sweet

Love is gentle, thoughtful, and concrete.

Love is our heart

Love makes us whole

Love is our answer, our truth, and our soul.

Love is our greatest blessing

Love is you

Love with all that you do.

—LS

CHAPTER 1

Your Thoughts, Beliefs,

and Actions

The only limits in our life are

those we impose on ourselves.

—Bob Proctor

Y our life is a reflection of your thoughts, words, beliefs, feelings, and actions, and your outside world is a mirror of your inside world. Everything you have or have not had in this lifetime is the direct result of what is going on in your conscious and subconscious mind. Do you disagree? Do you want to close this book, put it down, and neglect it? Do you play the victim game and say, Not everything is my fault? Or do you accept, acknowledge, and continue reading, even if feeling slightly uncomfortable and not necessarily agreeing with it all? If you decide to read on, choose to take in each word, understand the knowledge communicated to you, and be ready to question your belief system. As you manoeuvre through the book, you will discover that you are only limited by your thoughts, feelings, and actions.

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