Learning to love ourselves

It's not until we learn to love ourselves that we let go of attachments and finally become able to "give back" wholeheartedly and unconditionally what we receive on so many levels. To love ourselves means to understand and fully accept ourselves, for as long as we haven't found our true center, being at peace with who we are, we constantly need to distract ourselves, eternally craving one thing or another, always taking from and depending on others, trying to get the things we want. We try to satisfy our emotional needs and if it doesn't work, we turn them into material needs. Maybe it's part of our being human, an ancient means of survival - but then it’s never enough, it can turn into a bit of a frenzy, an obsession: the more we see, the more we are given, the more we want. We become attached, addicted even, to the things we believe we cannot do without.

When our well-being, our happiness, begins to depend on the satisfaction of our wants, our lives become painful... unmanageable. As our assumed "needs" lead us into ignorance and insanity, isolating us from our true self, we no longer take proper care of ourselves... being all caught up in ego, we are unable to see our real needs as much as the needs of others. The only way we can stop this "insanity" is to gain a better understanding and acceptance of ourselves:  Learning to love ourselves.