it is vital. and, for some, takes a long time to learn.
i try to not only fill my children’s cups but to also show them that i also fill my own so they will know the importance of also putting themselves first when it matters and take forward an understanding and innate belief that they are loved and lovable.
i wonder, often, if we haven’t lost sight of real love. agape love. not just love of things or attention or lust. but real love. the kind that does good and is good and freely given and freely received.
that agape love … it should start within, for and to ones self.