Throughout our lives, we experienceverb.经验 love in many forms. We love our parents, children, spousesnoun.配偶, and pets. We love our friends, and sometimes we love strangers. But how often do we love ourselves? Too often, when looking inwardadv.向内, we only focus on our flawsnoun.瑕疵. We compare ourselves to others and feel like we're lackingverb.缺乏. We put ourselves last and then wonder why we're not happy. But what if we could learn to love ourselves as if our lives depended on it?
What if we could treatverb.对待 ourselves with the same respect and compassionnoun.同情 that we show to those we love? Well, we can. It starts with a choice, a choice to forgiveverb.原谅 yourself for your mistakes and to see yourself in a new light. Because when you learn to love yourself, everything else falls into place. If you think that sounds difficult, you're right. It takes effort.
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