Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing other people a favor, and vice versa. — Dr. Karl Menninger
Self-love is not the same thing as egotism. As recovering people, we hated ourselves for so long that we were crippled by it. Learning to love ourselves again becomes a form of therapy—and appreciation for God’s creation. And the delightful thing we learn is that we don’t love ourselves without loving others, and we can’t love others without loving ourselves. How wonderful!
We can’t begin to love ourselves, however, without other people. People are essential, and so is God, from whom all love flows. We are thankful for God’s love and ask God to teach us how to love others. And the more we practice doing loving acts for others, the more love we feel for ourselves.
I will practice loving myself today by loving others.
Hazelden Foundation
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