Before label yourself and before you decide that there is something irreparably wrong with your thoughts or emotions, ask yourself: “Do I have a caring, unconditionally loving best friend in myself?” If the answer is “No, ” then you will not find the solution to your suffering until you address this serious, life-threatening absence of self-compassion. Self-love is not a dinner mint. Self-love matters. Self-love saves lives. .Vironika Tugaleva
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Self-love is not a dinner mint. Self-love matters. Self-love saves lives. When you do not love yourself, you live a life of emptiness and pain.
You lose hope and you continue to suffer from the emotional wounds that were inflicted upon you as a child. One day you will wake up and realize that your pain is gone and that you don't need to feel it anymore. It was only a matter of time before this realization came but it may have been delayed because of the lack of self-compassion that prevented that feeling of well-being from ever entering your world.
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