Love is a high energy attractor. As you put it out there, love will attract more positive energy back to you. Finding love for yourself may require you to explore outside your comfort zone. Take a leap, take a chance to be yourself regardless of what is popular or expected. Take off your mask and be true to yourself.
Choose the path that brings you the most joy. When we do things that we are passionate about we feel love and value our own self-worth. We are happy with what we are doing and can then pat ourselves on the back for a job well done. External validation simply comes as a bonus.
Allow yourself to be ... (Energy in Motion, allow yourself to be - see book preview to the right), this is more difficult than it sounds! To connect to your inner self, you need to stop DOING and ACCUMULATING and begin the practice of simply BEING.
Be alone, Be quiet, Be still. Try meditation, yoga, walking in nature. It is in the space between your thoughts that clarity will arise and your love will be able to blossom. Once you discover this love you can then begin to spread it outward to others as a natural way of being.