Knowing.


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 Knowing.




One of the most difficult lessons in life is to know and to love yourself. Each person can make strenuous efforts to love others around them. To learn to show compassion to those in need may be slightly more difficult but again it can be learned. But to love oneself is much more difficult, it cannot be taught other than by the self. Knowing this we still seem to erect barriers to loving ourselves, foolishly thinking that to do such is selfish and full of pride.

The truth is we cannot put love into practice in any real sense until we have learned to love ourselves. We have to love ourselves in spite of knowing not only our strengths but also our weaknesses. 

Without such love of self, there can hardly be any trust of self and without the trust of ourselves how can we learn to know how to trust others? We need to trust in our ability if we are to progress in the art of creativity. 

To begin to learn how to love oneself is the first step to improve ourselves and to grow in our ability to create things of real joy.

Lao Tzu puts it thus, "If you stay true to yourself, you will never be lost."

The truest riches can be found not by searching the world but by seeking one's own inner strength. 



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