You're able to love others, to give to others, and do for others by giving and doing for yourself first.
Interpretation
You must take care of yourself to effectively care for others.
Wayne Dyer emphasizes the importance of self-love and self-care as a prerequisite for being able to love and support others. By prioritizing one's own well-being, we can cultivate the capacity to give, love, and assist those around us authentically and thoughtfully.
In practice
During a motivational speech about self-care and personal growth.
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
All my feelings have the color you desire to paint.
I looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A great rush of love flooded out of me.
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
To all, I would say how mistaken they are when they think that they stop falling in love when they grow old, without knowing that they grow old when they stop falling in love...
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.
And so this young one, this young one whom I had so loved, I had to forsake, no matter how broken my heart, no matter how lonely my soul, no matter how bruised my intellect and spirit.
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