I once loved a girl so much that I started to do things to hurt myself. Truth be told, I couldn’t be honest on so many things because I didn’t want to hurt her. It ended up being a parasitic relationship, she blossomed well while I kept hurting myself emotionally and physically
The truth is all through the relationship I had no idea how much harm I was doing to myself until a very long time after, I met someone else who taught me to love myself first. It took a lot of effort and self conscious practice before I discovered self love
The truth is, you can’t claim to love anyone except you have experienced love for yourself. Is it possible to love anyone more than yourself? The moment you start engaging in such thoughts you are most likely to slip into the trap of of parasitism.
Human beings are dynamic when it comes to behavioral pattern as such the person you trust so much won’t hesitate to milk you once they know you are vulnerable to their charms. So it is dangerous to fall hopelessly in love when you don’t understand what is ‘self love’
The good book never stated ‘love your Neighbour more than yourself’ it states, ‘love your neighbour as thy self’ . So how do you love your neighbour if you don’t love yourself? Love is reciprocal, you can’t give it, if you don’t have it.
Love yourself. Love love your person. Love all that you are. You can’t even love your God if you don’t love you because you were created in his image and likeness. Love is best experienced and it is best understood when it involves your own person.
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