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Unit 7 Living Together
Lesson 27
1.2 Look at yourself in the mirror
and ask yourself this question;
"Do I like myself?"
If the answer is "Yes," fine.
If the answer is "No"
then maybe you should read
Chuck Rizzotto's book learning
to love yourself Rizzotto is a doctor
with over 25 years' experience
helping people to feel better
about themselves.Rizzotto.
Dr.Rizzotto says"If you don't love yourself
and have confidence in yourself,
you will always have difficulty
loving other people."
He also says"Everyone has their strengths
along with their weaknesses.
You must accept both.
What is more,we should never compare ourselves
to others."
We are all unique persons with unique characters
That's what makes us so special."
"We can all learn to love ourselves
if we really want to,"says Dr.Rizzotto"
"You can love yourself,
but that doesn't mean you think only
about yourself"
It means you accept all the good
and bad things inside you.
That way,you can accept them in other people."
2.3 Do you love yourself?
Do you really?
Ask yourself these questions and find out;
Do you usually enjoy yourself on your birthday?
On our birthdays we receive lots of attention
and presents.
If you don't really love yourself,
this will probably make you feel bad
and uncomfortable.
Do you sometimes ask yourself,
"Do my friends really like me?"
It's natural to ask this question sometimes.
But it you ask it a lot,
it might be because you don't love yourself.
When you learn to love yourself.
your friends will like you,too.
Do you sometimes say to youself,
"I'm so stupid!
We all say things like this to ourselves.
It's a way of paying for doing something bad
or wrong,
but we don't have to pay for our mistakes.
If we can learn to accept our mistakes
without criticizing ourselves,
we will learn to accept ourselves more.
Do you take good care of yourself
and your appearancne?
If you don't care about your appearance,
it might be because you don't love yourself.
Caring too much about your appearance
does not mean loving yourself,either.
Do you talk about yourself a lot?
It's good to talk about ourselves
and our feelings,
but if we don't take an interest
in other people,
it might be because
we don't really care about anyone--
including ourselves.
Always try to love yourselves.
If we can't love ourself,
how can anyone else love us?
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