I like this. This is basically saying love yourself for who you are because you'll be with yourself for a long time!

I'm the same. I spent the whole of my youth and twenties worrying about what people thought of me, even the ones that I didn't like. I would literally move mountains to try and change the perceptions of others towards me.

In my thirties I began to realise that perhaps whatever I do won't matter. People will either love me or hate me irrespective of what I do. I then began to focus internally and how I see myself. Turns out I had spent so many years giving love to other people that I had forgotten about lil ol me :) - so I changed that