Be Honest..........Do You Truly Love Yourself?
By bailey2009
@bailey2009 (174)
United States
July 6, 2009 9:19pm CST
Take a second to think about this question before you respond. Keep some things in mind.....
1. If you truly love yourself, you will not allow anyone to treat you badly.
2. If you truly love yourseld, you know it is okay to be single if your relationship does not work out.
3. You will know that love does not hurt. It does not manipulate, it just is.
4. You will recognize your needs and you will not settle for less than what you need. (notice I did not say want)
5. Most importantly, you will know that God loves you more than anyone on this earth ever could. He will never leave you or forsake you.
Think about these things before you reply. If you are truly being honest, this will be an interesting discussion.......
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4 responses
@bailey2009 (174)
• United States
7 Jul 09
Thank you for being honest. We tend to concentrate on the negative things in our lives or the things we do not like about ourselves. Try focusing on the good things about you. Just the fact that you were honest in this forum shows that there is good in you. Take it one step at a time, everyday find something else that you like about you! I am sure there is plenty about you to like that you are just ignoring. It's a process, but we all have a journey in life...learning how to love ourselves is just a part of it. Many Blessings to you!
@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
28 Sep 09
Hey,
Well at the moment, I honestly don't really love myself the way I am. I have a few things that I am not happy with myself, but I hope that in the future, I will hopefully be happy with myself. Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
7 Jul 09
Those are thought provoking ideas you have in there. It seems pretty simple to understand but if you think deeply there are some kind of thoughts that play on your mind.
#1 is correct I would say I love myself because I don't allow others to treat me badly. I need not elaborate on this as it is unquestionably true.
#2 is a much more explicit meaning of #1 although there some ideas that come in my mind. What if I don't want to be single and I want to be with somebody I love does that mean I do not love myself? If there's no one around that loves me but I am yearning for one does that mean I do not love myself?
#3 simply describes #2 I have a few comments on that one, still even in the way we describe what love is there is a part in the definition that means "sacrifice" could be equated as part of love but it can also be equated with hurting. In our culture, hurting is sometimes being connoted with loving like the one Christ did for us He sacrificed His life for us because he loves us so. it is part and parcel from our religion that to show our love for God we have to sacrifice something that is.
#4 is somewhat controversial for me. Although I feel good in not settling for anything less but there are times that when love comes into mind you have to be considerate and sacrifice something to be able to achieve love. What can you say about that? What about sharing? The statement seems to be "little greedy" per se. It sounds as if I need this and no one can get this if in case there are others who have the same needs. It lacks the value of sharing.
#5 is nothing out of the ordinary. For those that believes in God it should be the first thing that they should have in mind else there is no value in believing in God. One question I ask, what about the Atheist does that mean that they do not love themselves because they don't believe in God that loves them?
@Anandhh (389)
• India
7 Jul 09
no.
i mean i dont feel sorry for myself nor am i annoying and self pitying.
i'm just simply not fond for myself...
i find I'm most of the things i claim to hate the most ie:arrogant,hypocritical,selfish
i'm working on changing myself,and hopefully then i'll able to love and accept who i am!!
