Loving ourselves

TAMARA
TAMARA
Nov 5 · 2 min read
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Why it’s so important to love ourselves?

If you wanted to give your attention to someone, first, you need to give attention to yourself. If you wanted to motivate others, first, do the same thing to yourself. And if you wanted to love and be loved by someone, then love yourself first. Why do we need to start everything from ourselves?

It’s simple, you can’t love someone if you don’t love yourself. Imagine this, how could somebody who doesn’t love themselves trying to give love to others? So, let’s start by doing good things for ourselves, before doing it to someone else. By the way, there are still a lot of people who don’t understand this, why we need to love, accept, and respect ourselves.

First thing first, just accept whatever you are. Many people out there denying themselves and dying to do everything to get rid of those flaws. You will be less happy if you always keep on thinking about your imperfections. So, try to accept it, and always be grateful. We all have plus and minus. Don’t waste your time on your flaws, and move on by improving your surplus. When we love ourselves, it would be easier to reach our goals and dreams because we already knew what we want and how to achieve it.

In life, we will always meet any kind of problem. Just like what Lenka said in her song, “Trouble is a friend of mine”. Just believe in yourself and don’t take their judgments seriously. We are strong enough to face everything, and failure is not a big deal, because we’re able to rise then get better. You know, it’s different from those who live in insecurities. When a problem came up, they face it with fears, and let themselves drowning in nothing but sadness.

And the most important thing is loving ourselves helps to remain our sanity out of any mental problems. When you hate yourself, only negativity lies in your mind, and that could lead to anxiety, depression, etc, which is not good for your mental health absolutely. Loving yourself makes you happy and everything will be so much easier.

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