Self-love is one of the most difficult reality checks we can give A journey as arduous as this is supposed to be undertaken with extreme patience and empathy.After all, has not the world hated people like us who deviate from the norm, are the perf...

Self-love is one of the most difficult reality checks we can give A journey as arduous as this is supposed to be undertaken with extreme patience and empathy.After all, has not the world hated people like us who deviate from the norm, are the perfect foil to its obsession with everything beautiful and perfect, and those who refuse its hegemony over free thought and the courage to ask what was never demanded of it?But how to embrace this value and learn to make peace with our internal battles and desire to be perfect and accepted by those around us? How do we balance what we think is good for ourselves and what others think that we ought to desire? Is there a secret to achieving that confidence and acceptance which will help us be happy in our own skin, instead of desiring that of others?To your joy, the secret has already been unlocked, and it isaround you. You are capable of loving yourselves entirely. Withthe several techniques suggested in this treatise dedicated toachieving hope, love and compassion, people who have daredto decide to wage their own battle against hatred andunnecessary idealization, will find succour and support in these pages which seek to inform, guide and empathize with readers.