Once I heard "If you don't love yourself, you can't love others." Afterward I thought it could not be true, however I changed my mind. Since few days ago I've been thinking about it, and I came to the conclusion that you first have to love yourself to love someone else. You have to know who you are, your positive and negative points. You have to know that nobody is perfect, neither are you. So, you have to accept your negative points too. Moreover if you know who exactly you are and accept it, you'll love the person you are! That's the first step of loving someone else.
After this period of getting to know who you are and learning to love you, it's possible to love others. When you make friends or meet people you'll find affinities, which is a little bit of yourself in common with them. Finding affinities with other people is just inevitable, even though sometimes it doesn't happen quickly. And you can only do that if you know yourself. And once you do, you'll love them because of these affinities, which are your part on them. That's why you should love you to love others. I dare to say it's impossible to love someone else, if you don't love the person that you are!
Now you see why it's important to know you well first?! Getting to know ourselves sounds hard, but it's just a matter of time to get it. You should start paying attention to things you like to do, your interests and what are some important things for you. It looks like hard, but no one else can do that for you.
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