"Loving Yourself More" VS "Being Selfish" Are they the same?

Greetings! Its almost the same. You love yourself by doing what is good for you and being selfish is of course, you do things for your own good. For others not to say that you're selfish, they must see you doing things for the good of others too. You love yourself by giving, sharing, respecting and caring for others. How? Because you're doing good and doing those good things makes other people love you and because of that, you'll love yourself more. You'll love to love others too that will make you feel that you're important for others and make you love yourself more. We love good people right? So we if we're also good, we would also love ourselves. That's my point of view. Another is, its okay to love yourself so that you could give love to others too but most of the time, be always concern for others. :) Happy mylotting!

jacklintan ..Loving yourself and being selfish can be both similar an different. To love yourself enough to be your own best friend can be called selfish by some. It all depends on your definition of selfish...

you have to like yourself before you can like anyone else. it is important to have a good self image. having a good self image, shows in everything you do in life. take care of yourself so you can be good for others. if you neglect yourself, you can't be good for anyone else. it is important. this is not selfishness. it is a smart thing to do.

There is totally a difference if you ask me. Just because you are confident, love yourself, respect yourself, etc - does NOT mean you're selfish or arrogant. I mean, past a certain line, perhaps, but in general, this is what people SHOULD do. in my opinion.

Hi Jackie, to me, to love yourself more means to be able to consider your needs and wants without hurting yourself, it says nothing about hurting others. If you are able to love yourself without hurting others, that would be great. Being selfish, on the other hand, seems to imply that the selfish act is against someone else, and that he or she may be hurt from the result of it. Yes, you might gratify yourself, but it could be at the expense of another. It could be simplifed to loving yourself and hurting another. I wonder if I make sense or not. If not, just walk on by...next better player, please.

Yes, I believe it's possible to love ourself adequately and not become selfish. Every person must have enough self-love, not too low, not too high. When our love for our selves is too low, we are insecure. When our love for ourselves is too high, that's where we tend to become selfish. So loving ourselves and being selfish is different.

I don't think they're quite the same. To love oneself can mean simply self-preservation, looking after oneself, which is natural to most people, and in way implies disregard of others. Selfishness on the other hand has a distinctly negative connotation, and implies excessive concentration on personal welfare, at the expense of other peoples'.

I guess the two phrases are similar but different at the same time. I'd like to say something on what I think the differences are more than the similarities though. I guess examples of loving yourself more are treating yourself once in a while, keeping your body healthy, and doing things for yourself because you deserve some rest and happiness especially after a hard day's work. A vacation would be nice too. As for being selfish, it's wanting everything for yourself to the point that you don't care about others and even harming them. This is just my opinion though. The similar thing about them is that in both statements, you think of yourself and not of others.