What do I mean by loving ourselves properly? I mean first of all, desi…

Thomas Merton
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What do I mean by loving ourselves properly? I mean first of all, desiring to live, accepting life as a very great gift and a great good, not because of what it gives us, but because of what it enables us to give to others. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.21, Shambhala Publications
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