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"Do you love Me?" Alice asked.
"No, I don't love you!" replied the White Rabbit.
Alice frowned and clasped her hands together as she did whenever she felt hurt.
"See?" replied the White Rabbit. "Now you're going to start asking yourself what makes you so imperfect and what did you do wrong so that I can't love you at least a little.
You know, that's why I can't love you. You will not always be loved Alice, there will be days when others will be tired and bored with life, will have their heads in the clouds, and will hurt you.
Because people are like that, they somehow always end up hurting each other's feelings, whether through carelessness, misunderstanding, or conflicts with themselves.
If you don't love yourself, at least a little, if you don't create an armor of self-love and happiness around your heart, the feeble annoyances caused by others will become lethal and will destroy you.
The first time I saw you I made a pact with myself: 'I will avoid loving you until you learn to love yourself.' "
~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
@NatS Always happy to share inspiring literature :)
@freemo Bookmarked. I came across someone on the Bird place saying she didn't know how to love herself, only other people. I wish I had this at that time. I'm not sure I ever read "Wonderland," and I don't recall seeing the Disney movie. I'll have to fix that.
I told the person asking, "Before you can say, 'I love you' you must first say 'I'."
@freemo Good words from the rare logician that's also wise.
I think my EQ is too low to fully understand this, but thank you for tooting it.
It's always a struggle to find the right balance between self-love and arrogance, and you can't always rely on the universe for proper nourishment of perspective.
@Pat Its a tough one for many of us...
Maybe err on the side of humility when talking to others and err on the side of self-love when talking to yourself.
@freemo -- I don't find this text in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Advebtures in Wonderland".
In https://snrk.de/some-texts/#Alice you find links to various AiW editions.
#quote #quotes #AliceInWonderland #LewisCarroll
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@freemo A million thanks, that's just what I needed to read tonight 🙌