Self-love is very important. You have to find it within yourself to discover your best self and appreciate it and embrace it. The world may not always agree with you and your terms but you have to love you. You have to appreciate yourself before anyone can come and validate anything else about you. If we live to thrive on human validation, we are setting ourselves up for hurt, betrayal, and disappointments. But if you self love and appreciate and embrace who you are and continue to do your best each and every day, then you do not need anyone to validate you. People will naturally gravitate towards your confidence and love of self because it would simply exude from you. So if there’s anyone out there who is self hating and not appreciating the awesome and amazing person that you are, I urge you today to stop it! Dig deep down inside yourself and discover your best self today, appreciate it and hold onto it because your life definitely depends on you, know who you are, what you are, what you are capable of, where you’re going, and how far you plan to go.
Jabez thought and knew he could do better, that’s why he prayed the way he did “Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.”
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 NIV
So keep working and praying on being your best self. Don’t give up.