Love Yourself First

You can’t truly love another, if you don’t love yourself first. That’s like teaching someone else to drive and you don’t know the purpose of the emergency brake.  You can’t teach what you don’t know. Yes you may have witnessed others doing it, you may even have read up on it; but until you experience it for yourself, you can’t share with anyone else.

My message today is simple – “Love Yourself First.”

Way too often we try to share something we really don’t know about, love being one of them. Many of us confuse the emotional and physical and end up hurt and confused. If we take the time to truly care for ourselves and find out what makes us happy, we are more likely to share honest love with others. Take care of yourself, in order to take care of your children. Treat yourself to dinner and a movie, so that you can allow your spouse or significant other to do the same. Spend time alone, in order to appreciate and not infiltrate when another wants to do the same for themselves.

We can only give what we have. Anything outside of that is fake or impersonal. It is therefore important that you love yourself first, so that others can experience the real you.