00:00do you have to love yourself completely before someone else can love you? Absolutely not. And
00:05honestly, that idea does way, way, way more harm than good. Yes, self-worth matters, but the truth
00:11is most of us learn how to love ourselves inside of relationships, not in isolation. You don't heal
00:16every wound in a vacuum. Sometimes you heal because someone stays when you expect them to leave,
00:21or because someone sees something good in you when all you see is a mess, or because someone
00:24mirrors back your worth on the days you just can't find it. Love doesn't require perfection. It
00:30requires repair, truth-telling. It requires a willingness to show up, not just when you're
00:34shining, but when you're struggling too. The work isn't to love yourself before you let someone in.
00:39It's to let yourself be loved while you're still learning how.
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