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This business about loving yourself
Feeling good and living fearlessly.
Today, March 22, is George Benson’s birthday. Among his many hits is the first recorded version of Michael Masser and Linda Creed’s “The Greatest Love of All”, from 1977. Whitney Houston also had a big hit with it several years later.
Creed’s lyrics are about self-esteem and self-empowerment. Show children “all the beauty they possess inside. Given them a sense of pride.” Don’t go “searching for a hero.” Never “walk in anyone’s shadow:”
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I’ll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can’t take away my dignityBecause the greatest love of all is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all inside of meThe greatest love of all is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all
Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all. For most of my life, I rarely heard that message outside of the song. In recent years, however, I’m frequently seeing “Love yourself” memes and hearing the message on podcasts.
What does it mean to “love” yourself?
Dispensing with abstract ideas, I say love is “finding value in and desiring happiness for.” To love yourself is to believe you are as worthy and deserving of…
