Loving yourself is one of the hardest things for an individual to do.

We’ve been taught, from an early age, that there are good parts and bad parts of who we are. We begin to see those 'bad' parts of ourselves as something to be avoided at all costs. And yet, our shadow selves wouldn’t be as insidious if we accepted them instead of burying them away. If we can look at all parts of ourselves and say, “I accept you just the way you are” then in a stroke of irony, those parts of ourselves that we labeled as negative wouldn't have that much sway over our behaviour patterns.

That is what enlightenment is lightening up on yourself and bringing the shadow to the light learning to love and accept yourself unconditionally being one and being complete with the totality of who you are. That is the secret.

Filmed in Singapore.
Featuring Zee (https://zeecornelius.com; Instagram: zeecrnls)

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Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael (previously known as Green Renaissance). We use our passion for filmmaking and our love of storytelling, to remind our audience of one simple truth – that we are all human. The more that we understand and believe in this interconnectedness, the more we will treat ourselves, one another, and planet earth with a greater sense of compassion.

Filming by Michael Raimondo
Editing by Amy Cupido and Justine du Toit
Sound mix by Tamryn Breakey

This video was produced in collaboration with The Everyday People, an online publication that shares inspiring stories of those living in Singapore. It is part of their ongoing video series "A Singapore Story".

Music sourced from ArtList https://bit.ly/2KfrAt2
Understanding a Loss by Marshall Usinger
Telephones by mee
Depart by Kyle Preston
I See You in Light by We Dream of Eden
Ballerina by Yehezkel Raz
I'll Understand by Roza

A huge thank you to these guys, who gave so generously of their to time to help with translations, enabling us to provide subtitles in the following languages:
Bangla / Bengali by Najneen Hossain
Bulgarian by Polina Stoyanova
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) by ShunYing Lu
Croatian by Davor Bobanac
Dutch by Karla Greven
English by Justine du Toit
French by Amélie Macoin
German by Tanja Pütz
Greek by Vicky Polychroni
Hungarian by Zorka Evetovics
Italian by Grazia Gironella
Malay by Zee Khamal
Polish by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese by Sibylle Steinpass and Lucivani Valvassori
Romanian by Anca Zaharia
Russian by Assiya Marzhanova
Slovak by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian by Jasmina Kovačič
Vietnamese by Thi Le