Honesty

"This is always where you are to start - exactly where you are! This is total honesty, the truth, the only way you can be fully present and centered in the here and now. And you must begin with yourself. Why? Because you will only be able to love others to the extent that you can love yourself; there is no boundary line between you and others. In love, we are all one. In unlove, we are all separate. Love yourself as much as you can, and you will see that you are loving others as much as you can. And love takes in everything else, even unlove. So, pretty soon you are loving even the unloving." Jacquelyn Small, "Transformers, The Artists of Self-Creation"