Gary ChapmanLove is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.
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Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself. When you love yourself for who or what you are, it is difficult to put others first. But when you love yourself for who you can be and what you can do, it is easy to put others first.
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