Today's Reading - Today's Gift

"If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor." Nicholas De Chamfort We sometimes find it difficult to accept a compliment. We may feel we don't deserve such attention, and point out reasons why the compliment is untrue. When we act this way, we show a lack of love for ourselves. God teaches us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Yet, before we an love anyone, we must believe we are worthy of the same love. No creature is undeserving of love, God reminds us of that. We can stop hiding behind feelings of unworthiness. There's nothing stopping us but ourselves. Sometimes it takes courage to say thank you when we get a compliment. Let's exercise that courage, and each time we do, we'll find our self-love growing. When I thank people today, will I have the courage to smile, too?