At first glance, these phrases seem to be positive, good; something to be focused on and attained.
Our culture has certainly presented them enough to us that they sound familiar and comfortable. There is a self-love movement going on in our culture right now that unabashedly promotes its agenda. The self love movement claims that their agenda must be promoted because there is a lack of self love in our society today (www.theself-lovemovement.com). “Self-Love is the act of putting your own happiness and well-being first, something that is lacking within our current society.” — Alana Arvanitis (theself-lovemovement.com).
Friends, I don’t think we really need to look very far to realize the lack of truth in this statement — Facebook, Instagram, the “selfie” — all these give ample evidence that we are lovers of ourselves to a much greater degree than any prior generation.
What about these phrases? Self loathing; self pity; self mutilation; selfishness; self-centeredness.
Our gut reaction to these phrases is much different. We recognize something negative and uncomfortable in each of these phrases. And yet, in both lists of phrases there is a great commonality... self.
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