Walter BagehotLife is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.
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What we all desire in life is to be loved and loved well. The challenge is that we often don’t know how to love ourselves, let alone the people around us. We also don’t know what will bring us what we want. Sometimes we do things for the wrong reasons, such as doing something because we think someone else wants to do it with us.
In the end, we compromise out of fear – fear of doing something wrong – and loneliness – fear of doing something alone – both of which are caused by a lack of self-love. We can change this by learning to love ourselves and others, and by knowing what actions will produce the most happiness for all involved.
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