You Go First

I used to worry what other people might think of me.

A lot. 

Sometimes I still do. 

When I'm in a new or unfamiliar situation and I catch myself thinking,

'I hope they like me.'

I remind myself:

'You go first.'

Jody Moore taught me that.

When we genuinely like ourselves, it frees up all this space in our brains to stop worrying so much about whether or not other people like us.

Because when we like ourselves we don't need other people to like us and validate us so much.
This allows us instead to focus on what we like about others.

And that is so much more fun.