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I Love Me

And that makes it easier to love you.

Stacey Mott
Jun 06, 2016
Arkansas State University
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In the quest to find love, it is easy to discover emotions and stumble upon obstacles that are nothing closely related to true love. Disappointment, frustration, embarrassment, self-destruction, anxiety, and inferiority are a few of these roadblocks on the way to love. Recently, I have keyed in on something that correlates with loving another person deeply, and that is loving myself.

Trying to love another person without loving yourself is like expecting someone to be happy with a half-done job with little to no effort put in. It goes back to the common, cliche statement: "How can you expect anyone to be happy with you when you aren't happy with yourself?"

But it's more than that. Loving myself means loving you differently than I've ever loved anyone else before.

Loving me means loving you with confidence.

I can be confident with you, and with us.

Loving me means loving you without fear of the future.

Whatever happens, happens. And if I love myself, I can always face tomorrow.

Loving me means loving you with my full self.

I'm established and comfortable in my own skin. I can love you with every bit of me.

Loving me means loving you.

Because I'm choosing to believe you love me for me.

Loving me means not getting mad at you for a "lack of effort."

I'm happy. Honestly. It doesn't take you and some big random act of kindness for me to post on social media for me to be "happy with you." I love you for you.

Loving me means truly accepting your love for me, which can be hard to do.

One of the hardest parts about being in love is accepting love from the other person. When you love yourself, this is easier to do and makes all the difference in a relationship.

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