I have felt much love from others in my personal life, as well as through my work over the years. One would assume that if you are loved by so many, you would love yourself. But this is not always true. It's not true for most of us. I ve seen it in hundreds of lives and deaths, and now I see it in myself.
Love has to come from within, if it is to come at all.
And I m still not there. It s one of our biggest challenges, it s so difficult to do. Most of us never learned to love ourselves as children. We re usually taught that to love ourselves is negative, for love of self is confused with self-absorption and egotism. So, we end up thinking that love consists of meeting Mr or Ms Wonderful, or someone who treats us just right.