as if being loved by others means nothing. They say, the gurus of personal enlightenment, that all the validation we get from others is insignificant, if we cannot validate ourselves. They say it, and I have said it... And now I am ready to rephrase and reframe. In fact, it is entirely true, that we must love and validate ourselves before our core will believe what anyone else praises or appreciates about us. But it is not true, what some surmise out of that first fact, that we can live a... Sign in to see full entry.