Love Yourself

One of the best ways to love yourself is to love another person.  But be careful of your motive.  If you love another person so that they will change, you are on a frustrating path.  Love does not change another person.  Love changes you who do the loving.  Think of a parent who loves a child.  If they love as a subtle form of control, that is, the child will turn out as the parent hopes, the parent may very well become frustrated.  What if the child does not turn out as you wanted?  It is not your fault.  You did not love wrongly.  Love does not have the power to change the other person.  It does have the power to change the one loving.  You will become a better person.  So, love yourself by loving another person.  In loving, we change, and for the better.