It's taken me 34 years but I can honestly say I do love myself now. The reason for loving myself is realizing my value in myself. How I am a great friend, daughter, sister and aunt.
I've always second guessed myself, my worth to the people around me and to society. I realize that my writing is going to make a great contribution to society. It's going to hopefully move people. And if not, it may at least touch one person.
What a wonderful question. At the same time what a wonderful view of yourself and thinking positively about what you contribute to others. I think that is the main message here is not so much how do you learn to love yourself but the why part. If thay includes being a good person, role model or shoulder to lean on then yes you should feel that way. To answer your question... I do love myself. I have had to learn to be far more patient than I thought was possible. I am about to head into year three of surgery to fix the same problem with my partner's ankle. It has been tough each time. You truly do not know what doing everything is until you've done it. I love myself because I learned to be more patient and selfless and put her needs ahead of mine.
I do love myself. Like you it's taken me many years to get where I am now. There was a time I couldn't bare to see my own reflection in the mirror because I feared seeing the ugliness many made me believe I had. I did not speak because I learnt early that whatever I said or did would inevitably be used against me somehow. Now I am proud to be the woman I have become. I love myself because what I thought were once my weaknesses are my strengths and I am comfortable in my own skin. No masks, no drama. I know who I am, what I want and where I am going and I am true to myself.
Be grateful to the assholes you meet in life. They can break some people. But others ultimately learn the assholes have no real power over you. Once you learn that, you become immune. And control shifts to you. Congrats on being one of the few who figure it out! 😘
I do love myself I even like myself I have a lot of friends some family left if I drop by there house to say hi if I see something that needs to be done I do it for my family I realized a long time ago its nice if you have friends and family that treat you the same as you treat them..
But at the end of the day its not always going to be the case I dont do things because I want something back I do them because im there and I can
I also know if no one in this world liked me I would be OK with it because at the end of all days its all about what I gave not received and how I showed gratitude
When you truly love yourself you love everybody There's not one person That you would treat any different Than yourself you would not judge and you find beauty in everything
You really don't care what other people think or say because the odds are they don't know you so I welcome all that
But the two biggest things for me is loving myself and saying thank you to people that one way or the other have been in my life one way or the other even you I thank you I think you're a beautiful person and your questions your answers open my eyes in many different directions that helps me look at myself and become a better person so I thank you and everybody here on Gag
I don't think I do. Not my current t self. I'm far from the kind of guy I want to be. It's not just where I am in life. I'm not a man of my word. When I say I'll do something, I often let myself and everyone else down. The only thing I'm consistent with tends to be when it's for other people. I always show up to help and support.
I like my overall character and views in life. I'm physically fit. I believe I'm kind. But there are so many times I question whether I'm deserving of romantic love. I sometimes think I don't.
Nah but my self hatred fuels my success. In all seriousness, I think getting older brings on a phase of self acceptance. I’ve learned to embrace my quirks and use them for good. I’m not thriving in bliss everyday, but I surely am satisfied with the life I’m creating for my family and I.
The past shapes our future self esteem. If you did to many things against your own moral codex in the past and if those things didn't grant you any benefits, it will be difficult to love yourself under such circumstances. You won't feel better, no matter how many people tell you that you're smart, pretty and benevolent, they just want something from you. You feel better when you know without betraying yourself, I did the right choice, even if I couldn't win any time.
I think loving yourself isn’t always a constant feeling, it’s more a practice.
For me, it means accepting my strengths and my flaws, learning from mistakes instead of punishing myself for them, and treating myself with the same patience I’d offer someone I care about.
Self love isn’t about thinking you’re perfect.
It’s about respecting your own growth and knowing you’re still evolving.
I do love myself. Why is complicated.. I think the answer is somewhere between because I have to and because I deserve it. I am the sum of all my parts and I like to believe I am on the side of more good parts than bad parts. I hope that the things I do and have done have left more then I have taken and that when I meet my end I will have no more regrets then I carry now.
I genuinely like myself and I enjoy my own company.. I’m not dumb and I’m not a liberal ( half kidding). Im honest , I believe in the rule of law and being ia net positive to society. Im respectful to other people and I mind my business when it’s appropriate to do so. I wish there were more of me so we could walk around together and laugh like cartoon villains at all the local peasants like a scene out of clueless.( just kidding)
Yes. I have done a lot of good for a lot of people, and done a lot of interesting people. And I've stopped beating myself up for being imperfect. I do not need to rely on anyone. I have severed my connection with toxic people.
people these days talk about loving themselves but they use it as an excuse to be egoist narcisist so i don't. self love is only relevant to people in depression and not to cancel the loathing that should motivate change.
Yes I do, I am not here to be perfect but to be real. It did take me until 50 to be kinder to myself and my negative thoughts were there and I decided to avoid them and go with the positive ones fr. And 50 is fab. xoxox🍒
Not exactly. I will only love myself once I get a loving wife and a happy family. Up until then, I will be fueled by my intense hatred of all evil in this world, as well as my despise of my own failure.
Yes, because I made it this far already and I'm curious to find out what the future holds. The good and the bad, to see if I can overcome whatever life throws at me, like I have before.
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I love myself a lot more than I did when I was younger. I becme a good father and husband and took care of my parents and aunt and uncle when they got old.
I'm so much in love with myself that i might propose to myself one day, call it gay 🤣🤣 but you know what? At least i know one thing is for sure, i'm never going to dump or divorce myself haha
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