While we consider it normal to love, respect and help others, why is it selfish to love and respect ourselves, to meet our own needs? How can we love others if we don’t know how to love ourselves? How can we give to others what we do not have in ourselves? Loving ourselves is not liking our image in the mirror. We are not just a physical body. We must also love our souls. With our flaws, our mistakes, the good things we do… We need to accept and love ourselves by being one with everything about us. Accepting ourselves as we really are is the result of our self-respect. I don’t believe there can be love where there is no respect. We cannot be of use to others without meeting our own needs. We must treat ourselves as we treat the people we love and respect.
