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Bettering yourself doesn’t mean you’re broken. It doesn’t mean there is something wrong with you that needs fixing. Bettering yourself simply means you’re going to put in the work to take care of yourself.

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We sacrifice ourselves so they won’t feel pain, but in doing so we collect hurt that isn’t ours to carry.

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It’s when you learn to love yourself – every awkward, wonderful, shame-ridden, beautiful part of you – that you give others the permission to love and embrace you as well. 

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It’s time to put yourself first in a way that none of them knew how. 

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When you learn to love yourself, it will be easier to accept love from him. It will be easier to see why such a great guy fell in love with you.

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All that matters is your own opinion, your own happiness, your own sense of self.

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Loving yourself has less to do with the way you look and more to do with the way you treat yourself.

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Remember, you can love yourself while realizing there are parts of yourself in need of growth. You can love yourself while trying to better yourself. You can love yourself while knowing you are a work in progress.

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If you really want to work on loving yourself, if you really want to start treating yourself as a priority, then you have to accept you might lose some people along the way.

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Stop putting so much effort into those who don’t appreciate you. Put that energy into appreciating yourself for once.