As school days turned into college days, and the process of discovering "who they were" started, the dynamics between these friends kept changing. For the longest time it seemed that one of them had to be the center of everyone else's' attention, and there was a constant struggle for becoming the center. It took several years for them to realise that they were all the center of each others universe...and being the center wasn't the important part, being together was! It was a lesson that needed to be learnt not told, and they learnt well over time. 

Each of these 5 human beings, were amazing in their own way, and thats possibly where the problem lay, they never realised it. No matter how much they were told it seemed like idle praise, what you'd expect a good friend to say when you were down. But good friends don't lie...they tell it as it is, avoid giving rude shocks and don't always make you feel great about yourself.

We spend so much of our time waiting to be loved, hoping love will find us, searching, yearning for that special love (from friends, family, boyfriends/girlfriends, even strangers sometimes...and admit all of us want to be loved, we go into shock when we find out we aren't universally popular). Feeling empty and lost without it. Wanting someone to give us love and fill us up. Unfortunately, that's not usually how it works. You will draw to you exactly what you create in life, and what you believe you are worthy of. So loving yourself is what makes others love you...i doubt a bitchy or nasty person really feels that great about themselves , by making others feel less than perfect. 

Think about it...why would i waste time making you miserable, if i wasn't miserable myself...remember that phrase we were taught but i doubt ever really understood "Misery loves company". When was the last time you saw a confident smiley charming person say "Oh dear, you look really awful, have you put on weight.." or some other such ramble!

Those who makes you feel less than perfect only succeed because you willingly allow them to...you were made perfect, then you threw yourself on the floor...damaged your self esteem...forgot to pick yourself up and let everyone else walk all over you! 

And it really is as simple as that

Start loving yourself first, and there won't be a single reason why anyone else won't.