"You need to love yourself before you can love others"
Being kind to others is practice for me, to be kind to myself. Self loathing is not something that can just be "turned off" and start "loving" myself.
It is not something that can just "work" when you are told to.
Even finding a little bit to like about myself is a struggle most days.
Much less "love"
I fucking hate myself and I wish I could just follow that "advice"
Nah, I practice on others.
Then I try to reflect on how I can be kind to others and do that to myself.
How I take care of pets, and then take care of myself.
How I can appreciate others and see if I can find that in myself
I often can't.
But I keep trying.
You deserve joy and pleasure.
I do too.
