If you want to be loved, be lovable.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- To receive love, you must first become someone worthy of it.
- In plain terms
- Be lovable to get loved.
- What can you take from it?
- Self-improvement attracts love.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Am I being the partner I want?
- What makes someone lovable?
Another view
Love should not be transactional or conditional.
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