You Must Learn to Love Yourself!

[Stephen F. Smith]

You Must Learn to Love Yourself! I am not trying to get into anyone's Kool-Aid, but I have found over the years that some of the most beautiful people that one has ever seen physically, and spiritually amazingly feel that they are ugly, or less than. Negative self images permeate nearly every cross section of individuals that one can think of. Why is it so hard to love yourself? In creation, there has never been another you! Many of you are walking and talking which places you light years ahead of those in the local cemetery. I think that it is imperative that one learns to love oneself before one can appropriately love others! You are not that bad, I totally believe in you! God values you! It's a funny thing that sometimes one feels like others are laughing at him or her, and all the while others are admiring you from afar! Learn to love yourself, because there will never ever be another you! It is what it is! If you have freckles, believe that those are the most beautiful freckles that have ever been seen. If you are packing extra weight, say to yourself that God has physically blessed me with abundance! You are worth loving no matter what your circumstances are! God loves you! Isn't that reason enough to find the boldness to love yourself? God isn't a fool, and God doesn't lend himself to great expectations where he hasn't first place great deposits!

Respectfully Submitted,
Elder Stephen F. Smith