Discovering an old emailed quote to a friend, "I am learning not to hate myself", startled me. The unvarnished signpost invited me to recognize my disposition to be quicker to give others the benefit of the doubt then myself. If I do not have respect for myself then who will.
Becca, you are missing your calling as an author... serially. :)
ReplyDeleteThat makes me sad. How can we love our friends if we do not love ourselves? Self loathing can only lead to thinking that those who care about us must be really stupid, or why else would they love unloveable us? What a destructive cycle we get into with this kind of thinking!! Thanks for reminding me how important it is to be kind to myself!! (TJones)
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