Ooo! I love that I got this one.
Love might be a strong word. I think it would be hard for me to ever go so far as to say I LOVE myself. But, I really, very much like myself.... and that hasn't always been the case. In fact, it is a pretty recent development. As for why... well, that is honestly much harder to answer.
It is kind of an intangible thing. I guess, mainly, I just finally started to accept myself in ways I never thought I could before. But, even so, I still don't know why. I still don't know what happened that made that possible for me now when it never was before. I know that my cosplay at least had a part in it, though. It's funny, but somehow a mask just managed to allow me to be me like I never have before.... and I've found I like it. Funny that putting as mask ON for me wound up being more like taking a mask OFF.
It actually made me appreciate the person under the mask so much more than ever before. That, I think, was the catalyst, the spark that got it all started. Or at least kicked it into overdrive, since I guess I'd kind of been on that path anyway.
I like this topic. I'd like to pass that one along:
Do you love you? If not, why not? If so, why?