The most important love relationship you will ever have in your life is your relationship with yourself. If you don’t love yourself, how can you truly love someone else? Plato in his work Symposium states that “like attracts like.” When you love yourself, that love extends to all your relationships. Self-love will similarly attract more love into your life.
Like attracts like
The beneficial concept of self-love refers to unconditional love. The conditions you usually set to love yourself are when you have your ideal job or relationship and so on. Conditional love is not beneficial. Loving yourself means acceptance without conditions. It means you can look at yourself in the mirror in the morning and say “I love you, just as you are.” Sometimes, the concept of unconditional love may be more understood by people who are parents. When a child destroys your favorite object due to ignorance, you may be furious about the event, but you continue to love them without limits. This kind of love is beneficial for you. Adopt from today, beneficial love toward yourself, accept yourself as you truly are, and observe how much more love will flow into your life.