ON LOVING OURSELVES:
If we do not love ourselves, love is not drawn to us.
We are our own worst enemy. We do not allow ourselves to love ourselves. In our culture it is deemed arrogant to love one's self or to have a good deal of self worth. Love of self is equated with standing in front of people and admitting that you are a good person; it is often felt that feeling good about oneself is the height of conceit. And who pushes that idea? The negative people in power, or high on the social ladder, to whose benefit it is for people to feel lousy about themselves so that they do not have the will nor the courage to rebel against social conditions that are negative or oppressive.
Each of us is a good person when we come from love. Then should we not come to ourselves in love and accept that while we may have many flaws, that we are a loving person and thus a good-positive-person. Good being defined as a person, or act, that comes from love, or in other words the positive flow of life.
If we do not love ourselves, love is not drawn to us.
We are our own worst enemy. We do not allow ourselves to love ourselves. In our culture it is deemed arrogant to love one's self or to have a good deal of self worth. Love of self is equated with standing in front of people and admitting that you are a good person; it is often felt that feeling good about oneself is the height of conceit. And who pushes that idea? The negative people in power, or high on the social ladder, to whose benefit it is for people to feel lousy about themselves so that they do not have the will nor the courage to rebel against social conditions that are negative or oppressive.
Each of us is a good person when we come from love. Then should we not come to ourselves in love and accept that while we may have many flaws, that we are a loving person and thus a good-positive-person. Good being defined as a person, or act, that comes from love, or in other words the positive flow of life.
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