If we resolve to be kinder in the coming year, we must also first resolve to be kinder to ourselves. We are often our own worst critic and the harshest judge of our own perceived inadequacies. If we can't be compassionate to ourselves, how can we be truly kind and compassionate to others? Love begins with loving ourselves - only then can we give without a sense of obligation or fear. - Ameeta
"If you can't love yourself, you can't love anyone else. You can't give the love you do not have." - Kemi Sogunle
Editor's Note: If we resolve to be kinder in the coming year, we must also first resolve to be kinder to ourselves. We are often our own worst critic and the harshest judge of our own perceived inadequacies. If we can't be compassionate to ourselves, how can we be truly kind and compassionate to others? Love begins with loving ourselves - only then can we give without a sense of obligation or fear. - Ameeta
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