Developing Self Love

"You cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside." Anthony de Mello

We cannot see the best in others unless we see the best in ourselves.  We cannot have compassion and love for others until we have compassion and love for ourselves.  In western society it is taboo to think well of oneself --- and, I am not talking about bragging and bravado -- I am talking about having a high regard for ourselves and all we have done.  Part of my goal in life is to reflect other people's beauty back to them, because it seems that is done so very little.  We are good human beings, and, sometimes, all it takes is for someone to see our goodness and reflect it back to us for it to flourish even more.