"When we discover who we really are, we fall in love with ourselves -- with the great wisdom and love that we find within. When we fall in love with ourselves, we truly fall in love with others too." Jim Lockard
I believe the above statement is true. First we must love ourselves; then it is possible to love others. If we do not truly love ourselves, then our love for others will be conditional and imperfect. Sometimes I have wondered what spiritual gift the visitation of dementia upon our lives has to offer -- because there is always a gift among the trials and challenges. One of the things that I think caregivers can learn is how to better love themselves. The very situation demands that we pay an inordinate amount of attention to someone else in our life, and in that paying attention of the other, we can lose sight of ourselves. That, I think, is one of our tasks in caregiving: to love ourselves truly By loving ourselves we are better able to make loving choices for the person for whom we are providing care.
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