“The most loving person is the person who is Self-centered.
Therefore, your first relationship must be with your Self.
You must first learn to honor and cherish and love your Self…
You must first see your Self as worthy before you can see another as worthy.
You must first see your Self as blessed before you can see another as blessed.
You must first know your Self to be holy before you can acknowledge holiness in another…
If you put the cart before the horse and acknowledge the holiness of another before you have acknowledged your own, you will one day resent it.”
— Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)
