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user-inactivated  ·  2776 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can we love others without loving ourselves?

If you're helping someone just because it makes you feel good, you're doing something wrong. It's called "living through others" and is not healthy nor brings happiness.

You can only truly love someone once you, yourself, are whole as a person. This means that whatever love you feel for someone comes for striving for something bigger than yourself.