The amount of love, kindness, patience I have for others is is directly proportional to how much love I have for myself, because we cannot give others what we ourselves do not have. And, unsurprisingly, the amount of love, respect, support, and compassion I receive from others is also in direct proportion to how much I love myself.
Interpretation
Our ability to love others reflects our self-love, and the love we receive mirrors this self-acceptance.
Anita Moorjani emphasizes that the love and kindness we extend to others depend heavily on our own self-love and acceptance. She suggests that to truly give love, patience, and kindness to others, we must first cultivate these feelings within ourselves. Moreover, she points out that the respect and compassion we receive from others are similarly influenced by how we value and love ourselves.
In practice
During a workshop on self-improvement, someone could use this quote to highlight the importance of self-love.
I'm at my strongest when I'm able to let go, when I suspend my beliefs as well as disbeliefs, and leave myself open to all possibilities. That also seems to be when I'm able to experience the most internal clarity and synchronicities.
When I was willing to let go of what I wanted, I received what was truly mine. I’ve realized that the latter is always the greater gift.
I knew that was really the only purpose of life: to be our self, live our truth, and be the love that we are.
In truth, I’m not my body, my race, religion, or other beliefs, and neither is anyone else. The real self is infinite and much more powerful-a complete and whole entity that isn’t broken or damaged in any way. The infinite me already contains all the resources I need to navigate through life, because I’m One with Universal energy. In fact, I am Universal energy.
Learning to love others begins with learning to love ourselves unconditionally first. I will never let myself down, treat myself like a doormat, or make myself small so others can feel big. I have learned that this is the biggest gift that I give not only to myself, but also to the planet, because I paint others with the same brush as I use on myself.
Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.
Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's not celebrity-style social media information dumps. Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them.
Has there not been, sometimes, this temptation to do a great deal for Christ, but not to live a great deal with Christ?
Dumbledore paused, and although his voice remained light and calm, and he gave no obvious sign of anger, Harry felt a kind of chill emanating from him and noticed that the Dursleys drew very slightly closer together. “You did not do as I asked. You have never treated Harry as a son. He has known nothing but neglect and often cruelty at your hands. The best that can be said is that he has at least escaped the appalling damage you have inflicted upon the unfortunate boy sitting between you.
Nobody is worth crying for, and those that are worth it will not make you cry.
People will not lend you a hand until you first touch their hearts.
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