Know Thyself (Love Your Self First)

[Asahina aya]

This is definitely true. 

[tinylurker]

The greatest love of all nga daw o.o

Love yourself first, the right one will come later.

But it's not really easy to love yourself especially when you're going through tough times.

 

[Eunice of Clam]

true

[Mark-69]

Absolutely correct, we can never go wrong with this.

[ErenYeager]

On 2/14/2022 at 6:19 PM, Ed Atwan 6 said:

remember this, you simps. stop falling in love with filthy prostitutes 

 

Aww natamaan naman ako dito

[maxx_pee]

yes. huwag maging doormat sa iba  

 

[Ernest Ty]

A person must first learn to himself to be able to love others.

[courtesanhunter]

una lagi dapat na mahalin ang sarili. tandaan na sa isang relationship nagmamahal ka lang dahil may gusto ka ding mafulfill o mabuo para sa sarili mo.

[Yugyog]

Punuin muna ang sariling baso... Lahat ng sumobra sa baso pag umapaw.. Yun na yung pwede ipamahagi sa ibang tao. 

[Incredible Hunk]

Learn to love oneself first before loving others.

[Adrianne Lacson]

love ur self first.. pray, exercise, go out and spend time alone. 

[cynophile]

Whenever I feel like nobody's proud of me, I always imagine the inner child in me clapping and telling me how proud she is that I have made it this far. (Malayo pa pero malayo na)

[cmmndrdrgn]

I've heard a great quote way back 2019 in tiktok and it says "how can you help others if you can't even help yourselves"

[Solousi]

Easy to say but difficult to do. Perhaps we could list down some of the things that help us love ourselves? I'll start, maybe people can pick up and share what they experienced.

Look back into trauma that made you feel that you are of less worth than you truly are. Better if you have a therapist or a close friend who is willing to listen that won't judge you. My example of why I found it difficult to love myself is that I always compared myself to my siblings. All three of us are smart but I slacked off in studying because I was lazy so I eventually stopped getting recognized for my achievements. When I started getting lower grades and even failed some subjects, i beat myself up internally. This went on until I brainwashed myself that I am only worth loving if I achieve something or succeed. If I couldn't succeed I would in turn try to please people so that they would like me.

Thankfully my siblings helped me overcome some of the trauma. They talked to me about their own experiences and how they also struggled growing up trying to keep up with the expectations. They told me that regardless of what I do and what I do or don't achieve, they will still love me as their brother. 

Finally my last talk was my dad who I was trying to emulate because he was my idol. What made me forgive myself for all my failures was when I asked him if he was proud of me. He simply told me, it's my life. I have to be the one to evaluate if it's something I can be proud of. He already lived his life and he should not be the basis of my happiness. 

Loving yourself includes being patient and forgiving of yourself for all your shortcomings but never being satisfied with being stagnant. Grow and move forward. 

[brotherhood77]

Di pagiging selfish gawin yan. Dahil saka ka lang magiging generous magbigay sa iba pag puno ka na ng pagmamahal sa sarili mo👍