"Treat others like you would treat yourself." Some of us really need to think about this famous phrase. Because we don't treat others like we would treat ourselves... for some of us, we would have to be real a-holes to do that. We'd have to tell our friends that they don't deserve to succeed in life. We'd have to look our bosses in the eye and say, "You took an extra ugly pill today, didn't you?" Many of us would have to look at our moms and say, "I can't imagine why Dad ever had sex with you."
It has come to my attention that I have very low self-esteem and an equally pathetic sense of self-confidence. Many of us have this problem. We treat other people as if they are much better than us. As if they deserve better than we do. Like they're humans, and we're sacks of horse crap. If we really think about it, how can we justify this behavior? Maybe you can, but I can't. If I treated anyone else like I treated myself, someone would have punched me in the nose by now. Sometimes we have to stop and change the golden rule a bit. For those of you like me, I propose trying to treat yourself like you would treat others.
I'm sure if you do this, your life will improve. I just started thinking this way, and I've already seen a change. I'm happier. Other people are happier around me. I guess happiness is contagious in a way, so if you really need a justification for starting to treat yourself better, do it for everyone else. You'll be glad you did.

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