Have you noticed that too many people labor under the misconception
that we should sacrifice our own happiness for others? I believe that is
foolish. The one very best favor we can do for those we love is to work
harder on ourselves than we do on anything else.

An unhappy marriage and an unhappy family are the results of unhappy
individuals who live together. If everyone would learn to do what is
necessary to like themselves, they would automatically solve their own problems.
And if you are close to someone who insists on not liking themselves, then extract
yourself from being around that person, they will kill you!

Learning to like or love ourselves is really not a violation of any
community ordinance, material vow, or spiritual law, and yet some
people think there is something terribly wrong with it.

Unless they have rewritten it lately, the Bible still instructs ─
“Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” The very obvious suggestion is
that it is quite normal to love yourself!

How can we possibly love when we do not even understand the
meaning of the word as it applies to us?

How can I possibly give love to someone else when I do not have it for myself?
You cannot give that which you do not have.

I may say the words “I love you.” to someone else, perhaps because it is expected of me or because it seems to be what is said in a given situation. But I cannot truly give the “deep inside emotion.” that goes with those words unless I know of their deepest meaning for myself in my own private self world.

Please pass this on to your kids.

“Everything we say needs to be good and helpful so our words are encouraging to the children who hear them.”

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