When you think of love, what does it mean to you? What actually comes up in your mind?
Do you think of someone else’s love, like a romantic partner, a friend, a family member — or something outside of you? What about the love you have for yourself, isn’t that also important? Is it more important?
Does love feel like something you need to get rather than something that you already have available inside of you?
The Truth About Self-Love: Why Is It So Important?
Do You Believe That Love Is Something Outside Of You?
If you believe that love is something outside of you, don’t worry, you are definitely not alone! Our society seems to manufacture the idea that love is something we get from others rather than something we already have inside of us at all times.
We’ve been taught to believe that “one is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.” That if we have more people in our lives, we will be happier and more loved. We’re taught that being alone leads to loneliness and loneliness is bad.
