Experts have time and again emphasised on the importance of self-love. But how many of us are really able to love ourselves enough?
“Most of the people are running around empty. They have no sense of self-love,” said American singer Tyrese Gibson in a motivational speech.
Self-love is not about loving money or materialistic things, Gibson points out. “It (self-love) is a matter of knowing your value. It is a matter of saying, ‘I do not have to be around these people, in these type of environments…in order for me to finally see the value in myself. I love me, independent of you loving me. I believe in me. I know my self-worth…I am here and I have a purpose,” he expressed in the speech posted by the YouTube channel HESMotivation.
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In order to love yourself, you need to distance yourself from those who tend to be mean, gossip about you or promote negative thoughts. “Self-love is the cure to self-hate…and I have to careful about who and what I give emotional access to,” stressed Gibson.