but what is love?

I suggest some reading Albert Camus.

What's love got to do, got to do with it?

when they say to love yourself they meant this. and not ego. you have to see yourself as worthy. it is you who has to see the worth and value of yourself to want to see the things and do the things.

you could also practice doing these things until the self gets pulled along and stops dragging your feet so its all like "holy shit we can do some stuff without permissions from other people via their love"

you have to find that in you.

Girl, what?

1. Love yourself, for fucks sake! You can't honestly expect anyone else to do it if you don't.
2. It's like you haven't even heard of hedonistic pleasure I mean c'mon

What is love?

Being loved isn't what should drive you. Your love for something or someone should be.

External validation is always nice, but you should be able to function without it. If you don't, then you have a truly uphill battle in front of you if being loved is your end goal.

Maybe the ambition should be to be loved?

I find that if you're just a person who does good things even when no one is watching (and without telling people about it), people and animals are naturally drawn to you

Be the person who holds doors for everyone. Stop to help people until it becomes natural. Ask the cashier how their day is going. Go to the shelter and cheer up some animals

I think your thought pattern "if only I had this or that I'd be so much different" is a dead end.

You won't be much different. Thinking that you will be differenr is only going to cause you to procrastinate changing yourself into something you want to be.

To prove them wrong.

What’s the point of ambition?

Define, “love.”

"What's the point in anything" you could have stopped there.

power

if you are looking for one, this means you have a chance.

not all people look for a point, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't.

love doesn't pay your bills.

a lot better to have the ability to be financially free than it it is to be financially dependent on someone else.

way too many folks mistake love for dependency.

I always look on the question of life’s meaning askance. I just am here. Sometimes I enjoy it; others less so. Same as an antelope or bird. No meaning. Just trying to enjoy the show.