Only when we love ourselves can we love others

Test your self-love quotient

When something goes wrong do you

• automatically assume it is your fault?

• stay steady, and inquire into the source of the problem?

When people pay you a compliment do you

• brush it off as if it never happened?

• thank them for the compliment with poise?

Is your inner dialogue

• filled with blame and criticism of yourself?

• filled with appreciation and approval for yourself?

Do you

• find it hard to forgive yourself for wrong-doing?

• recognise that you are human and let yourself off the hook?

If you had a choice would you

• rather be someone else?

• be yourself through and through?

The more the number of top answers the less your self-love. But never fear. You are absolutely in the majority. Few of us really love and appreciate ourselves. We have never been taught to. Self-love can be cultivated so move along that path.