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Love Yourself 1st ⭐️

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How can we expect honesty from others when often we are not honest with ourselves?

How can we expect love from others when often we’re not being loving to ourselves?

How can we expect to find joy in/with others when often we are unable to find/experience joy within ourselves?

Why do we offer kindness & support to strangers and often say/think the cruelest things to/about ourselves?

The backwardness of it all is sad.

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Good points, brokenlight.

Beind kind to others makes me realize that I need to be kind to myself too and that critical voice is my abusers voice, not mine.

It is more difficult for me to learn to love myself, not receiving enough love in childhood. But I am working on it and I can see it reflected in others loving me even if I don't always feel deserving...

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Great post.. makes u think about things.. yourself, your life.Maybe even take a self inventory of ourselves.. and what we change to better our lives and others around us.

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