Do you Love yourself?

This has to be the goal. This has to be that which is the most important thing in your life. If you achieve nothing in this life apart from learning to Love yourself, you will have achieved everything.

That's all well and good and sounds wonderfully inspiring but that word 'Love' causes us a bit of a problem because it means different things to different people. It even means different things to the same people on different occasions.

Is the Love you feel for a romantic partner the same as the Love you feel for your children? Is the Love you feel for your children the same as the Love you feel for your siblings or parents? Is that the same as the Love you feel for close friends? Is any of that anything like how you feel when your heart goes out to a stranger who's circumstances touch you in some deep way?

An easier way to uncover what this mystery of Love is is to ask yourself this question. "How do I know when I'm loved?" Is it in someone's words, or their touch, their gentleness with your body or your mind? Is it in their encouragement or support? Is it in their total and unconditional acceptance of you no matter what you do?

Loving yourself isn't going out and spending money on you