profound words and senses

it is only when one has a deep, profound sense that s/he is loved that one can truly offer to others what is inside her/himself. When you don't know that you are loved, you certainly don't believe that the deep parts of you that only you know could be accepted. And when you don't think others could accept those things in you, you can barely accept them yourself. And when you think the things inside you are there to be hidden and pushed down, you stop allowing yourself to be the individual that you were always meant to be. And when you don't allow yourself to be you, you can't offer what you have, or what you are, to the world, or even to the people closest to you.

-j. vice