There are a lot of books out there that help you and urge you to give yourself more credit. Some say that before others can help you, you need to help yourself first. How can you possibly do that if you don't love yourself right? Accept yourself as who you are, it doesn't matter if others may seem better and more well-off than you are. You're every bit as blessed as they are. It may not seem like it, buy you try to achieve things to please yourself as well. But don't call yourself a narcissist though as you need to love other people too. So anyway, here are a few reasons why you should love yourself:

1. Because you see yourself in the mirror everyday

Would you like to wake up every morning knowing that you hate the person you're staring at into the mirror? That would be horrible, right? Before others start to love you, you must first love yourself. That would be the only way that you could project a positive image to other people around you. Nobody likes a grouch to ruin their mood. Always remember that misery loves company. It's a silly idea, but it's true. A lot of people get affected by people around them that are sad. They tend to be less positive, productive, and of course, happy. There are a lot of things that could get affected by the fact that you don't love yourself. Other than ruining the day of people around you, you're also in for a long day. Familiar with the saying that time flies when you're having fun? Well how do you think time gets by when you're awfully sad and gloomy? Your work productivity as well would drastically decrease when you're sad. So go on and give yourself a much deserved hug, buy yourself a present and treat yourself a lot better. Smile! It takes lesser muscles to do that than it does to frown you know.

2. You WILL feel a lot better

When you do love yourself, you will most certainly feel a wave of happiness that's going to sweep you off your feet. You will see things in a new light and appreciate things that you may have overlooked and taken for granted in the past. There are endless possibilities when your happiness comes from within yourself. You would feel like you can conquer anything, achieve anything and of course experience that natural high. Things will seem to flow a lot smoother, you will feel a bit lighter and you will breathe a lot easier when this happens. More people will come to like you and yes – love will be able to find you a lot faster.

3. You owe it to yourself

Everything that you have achieved, conceived, and planned comes from within your self. Not loving yourself means that you aren't proud of your achievements. If that is so, then why have you been working so hard all your life right?