Perfect in my imperfection, I am, as the old cartoon sailor used to say, what I am...and that's all that I am.

Get used to it. You are not perfect. You are not the person that every wants to be with. You are not a god. You are - dare I say it -  human. You are here, on earth, with other humans doing what we all must do here, learning what we all must learn here.

Most of us mean well. Most of us would like to help out in whatever way we can, even though we don't always recognize that way. Most of us are growing and changing in whatever subtle ways we can manage. Most of us want to be loved...adored, even. And most of us are willing to work to get that love.

Love yourself today. Love yourself for being perfect just the way you are, exactly the way you are because you are exactly who you need to be in this moment, no matter what that looks like, no matter what that feels like. Love yourself because, without that, nothing else matters quite as much as it actually does.