Ellen GoodmanThe things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.
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The things we hate about ourselves aren’t more real than things we like about ourselves. People have a tendency to over-react to the things that are bad in themselves. They discount the good things they do and start seeing what is bad all the time. If you want to be successful, then you must learn to love yourself for who you are and not what you don’t have.
You must learn to love yourself for all of your positive qualities. The things you hate about yourself are less real than the good things about you. The point of life is not to fix what is broken, but rather to build upon the good attributes.
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