"It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship."
--Norman Vincent Peale
I laughted when I first read this because I was thinking how truer words have never been spoken. Neither have simpler instructions to a happy life ever been articulated. I mean, once you get over issues with depression and self-esteem (which don't get me wrong, is in no possible way ever done with ease), liking yourself and gaining satisfaction from the relationship can't be all that hard right?
What I failed to realize is that to like yourself, you have to first find yourself. Or at least, never give up trying. For some, that's half the battle.
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