2006-08-03 04:31:47 · 15 answers · asked by joe 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
What do you mean by "love"? If you mean a simple caring, then can you care for someone else more than you care for yourself? If you do, would you not automatically have a resentment?
If you are referring to Love in an absolute sense, then you are speaking of the Love of God, and this Love is within us, but is not ours to use, but to experience within ourselves only. This is the reason we must "first learn to Love ourselves". Actually, Love is absolute acceptance, and this is quite difficult to give to anyone, including oneself, unless the other or oneself is open to the absolute nature of acceptance. Takes a high level of Spiritual evolution to embrace absolute acceptance.
2006-08-03 04:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by docjp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's pretty easy...If we can't learn to love ourselve, we can never learn to love anyone else...and because of that we would put up "barriers" so people could never love us...I think It has quite a bit to do with trust.....
2006-08-03 12:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be better and happy about ourselve so when we do find that special someone you'll be the best person you can be for yourself and them.
2006-08-03 11:35:41 · answer #3 · answered by hearts99992000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you cannot love yourself then it is not possible to love anything else. Without any ability to love there is no chance of happiness. Without happiness life becomes a burden and a waste.
2006-08-03 11:36:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is a whole lot easier and you will deal with others better. You can also never rise to a successful level in any endeavor unless you love and believe in yourself and your abilities..
2006-08-03 11:35:52 · answer #5 · answered by jeepfaust 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you don't like your self you can not possibly love others and lovenig yourself is doesn't mean being selfish.so in order to love others you should love your self first there is a saying 'if you are good to your self your are best for others'.
2006-08-03 11:43:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is what i have always heard.and i have also heard that you have to love god before you can love anyone else.but i have a different theory....i think that if you love someone, and they love you back, and you have not completely learned to love yourself, that the love you both share will teach you to love yourself more.
2006-08-03 11:35:57 · answer #7 · answered by brandiejs1979 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if you don't love yourself first, then not only can't you love anyone else, but nobody else will love you.
2006-08-03 11:38:17 · answer #8 · answered by 60s Chick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to love yourself first, then someone else will truley love you for who you really are.
2006-08-03 11:40:43 · answer #9 · answered by Hot Momma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz if you can't love yourself you can't love anyone else.
Do one good thing for someone else each day.. Try it.
2006-08-03 11:53:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋