Is it really that bad?

When you don't like yourself, you are being told that you are insecure. when you do like yourself, you are being told that you are self-centered. I say, go with what feels good... people always have critics... I think its important to love yourself, because if you can't accept yourself, how other people will ever be able to? people who critics such thing are probably doing this to break your spirit, because they actually envy you because they can't accept themselves, but that's just what I think:)

Loving yourself is not bad but loving yourself at the expense of other is bad. Being self centered and selfish is bad. There should be a good balance between loving your self and self centred or selfishness. No body would feel good to be called as a self centred person. The world run in give and take basis. Give you good things and then you will get good things.

hi mrcol1010 No its good to love yourself so that you know how to love others, Christ told us to love ourselves that we might love others, and to me that means I must think well of myself so I know how to think wellof others. We are all somebody,we are each unique, one of a kind, God made us that should make us feel good about ourselves. We must love ourselves in healthy self esteem so we are able to love all our fellow men. A selfish person does not love himself as he is all twisted with hostility and wants to keep all for himself, that is not love, but a twisted self centered person who actually has a low self esteem.You can have a healthy self esteem and not be self centered or selfish,. those are negatives, not positives at all.

Yeah sure i too agree on your view.It important to love our self than to love by others.

yeah!loving our self is not bad as a saying goes loving someone is not a crime but hurting someone is great crime.

Yeah i agree with this. If we don't love who will love us. Loving ourselves is not bad.We need to love somebody is not bad.

Loving yourself is not bad, but being selfish and self centered is bad. You can love yourself by not being self centered or selfish. Remember that "no man is an island"...human beings do not thrive when isolated from others.