As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is AUTHENTICITY.

当我真正开始爱自己,我才意识到,所有的痛苦和情感的折磨,仅仅是在提醒,我的生活背离了真实的自己。今日,我明白,这叫做「真实」。

As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it RESPECT.

当我真正开始爱自己,我才懂得,当我将自己的意愿强加于人时,是多么的冒犯无礼,即使那时我知晓时机尚未成熟,那个人也并未做好准备,即便那个人就是我自己。今日我明白这叫做「尊重」。