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Old Sep 05, 2013, 04:17 PM
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I think it's more of a self-acceptance really. It's about owning and not being ashamed of the things about you.

Going "I love my thumbs" is a step towards loving yourself. "I love it when other people are creative. I'm creative. Therefore I love that part of me." "I love that I've survived my childhood" and things like that.

It needs breaking down a lot more than loving someone else is, because you're not hating the other person or blaming them for being themselves. Whereas with ourselves... we tend to hate and be ashamed of who we are. So it's learning how to poke and prod and find the things in us that we would love in other people. And sometimes that requires twisting things around to get it worded into a positive thing that we can love.
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