To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
-Oscar Wilde
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Love yourself. Love the things that make you values and talents and clothes, your nose, your woes. If you love yourself, you can jump into your life from a springboard of self-confidence. If you love yourself, you can say what you want to say, go where you want to go.
The world can be a tough place, and some of the billions of people out there will try to knock you down. Don’t join them. Do things that make you proud, then take pride in what you do. And in who you are.
Who are you anyway? What makes you you? How are you like your siblings and neighbors and friends? How are you different? If you were your own secret admirer, what would you most admire?
“My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself,” Oscar Wilde wrote, “is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.” Keep pursuing your individuality. Keep being yourself. Becoming yourself. It can be comforting to dress and act like everyone else. But it is grander to be different, to be unique, to be you.
I’m the only me in the whole wide world.
爱自己是一场毕生浪漫的开始。
--奥斯卡王尔德
爱自己。热爱一切使你之所以成为你自己的事物。你的价值，你的才能，你的回忆。你的服饰，你的鼻子，你的悲伤。如果你爱自己，你就能在自信的跳板上跃入生活。如果你爱自己，你能畅所欲言，所向披靡。
世界是冷酷的，成万上亿的人试图在竞争中超越你。别和他们一样。做能让你自豪的事情，然后为你所做的事情自豪，为你自身感到骄傲。那么你究竟是谁呢？是什么使你成为你自己呢？你和你的兄弟姐妹、左邻右舍又有着怎样的相似点呢？你有多不同？如果你赞赏自己的秘密，哪个部分又是你最为欣赏的？
“我最大的错误，我无法原谅自己的错误，”奥斯卡王尔德写道：“就是某天我停止追逐自己的个性。”追求你的个性。做你自己。成为你自己。同旁人一样地穿衣、举止是件容易的事情。但更伟大的事情在于做到与众不同，独特如你自己。
广阔世界，唯我是我。