Capable of self-love

Someone on Facebook asked whether to be loved, is it really important to love your own self and whether that was just some more BS to make life difficult? I thought about it and recalled a lot of things that I have consistently repeated to myself whenever I am falling out of love for my own self. Here is my answer:

"It is partly true and partly not. Even you don't really love yourself, there are some people who love you and support you. But what this means for me is to let go of certain standards to which we compare ourselves to. To accept yourself and even if you cant accept it, giving yourself the time and space to grow. Its about being there for yourself when you really are not there. Its like loving another person... you like because (of some reason) and you love despite (certain things).

Its also about acknowledging who you are, reflecting back and being proud of what you have achieved, even if it is something basic like staying hydrated during the day and going for a short walk at sunset or big stuff like, confronting a childhood malignity and correcting your course.

It is not crucial for others to love you because whoever loves you, wont stop loving you because you don't feel good about yourself. But definitely, a new person will feel attracted to you if you are more confident in your skin and happy to be the person you are.

Loving yourself will actually make your life easier; that's the point of it."