Fall in love with yourself.
Settle down into the truth of your existence, that you matter.
Make a commitment to self-empowerment.
Be in a relationship wiht self-worth.
Don't make bids for love and attention in places where there is no genuine interest.
Rather, go where you're joyfully acknowledged as you make a vow to cherish
your deserving and precious life. - Susan Frybort

"Maybe we had an underdeveloped way of perceiving love, as we fed from the crumbs that fell at our feet and were just getting by. Maybe we gave away so much and lost touch with our worth. Maybe we never understood the importance of receiving or expressing our needs. Maybe love was never modeled to us healthily Whatever the reasons, we are here to personally learn what it is that keeps us from loving ourselves as we practice opening our hearts and letting someone in. - Susan Frybort

It’s difficult to let go of the pattern—often born in our childhood tendency to try to get love from a stone (neglectful parents)—to be attracted to those who are impossible. It’s like only the emotionally unavailable are credible because they reflect back to us what we came to believe about ourselves—that we are unworthy of love and it’s this odd illusion that if we can get the inaccessible to love us that we will finally have our parents love. The more obvious approach— that we share love with someone who can truly give it—often gets lost in the karmic shuffle. This pattern is not an easy one to break, but break-through it we must if we are going to finally surrender to the love we deserve. One of the keys to working this through is to see the parents for who they really are—in their own issues and limitations—so that their lens on you loses its grip. Another is building the self-concept from the inside out—learning to rely on yourself for validation—and, when you are ready, inviting those who value you a little closer... - Jeff Brown, Spiritual Graffiti