If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.
Buddha

I guess I am not done this little mini series on relating to others. lol  When we talk about relationships we are taken back again and again to one crucial bit of truth.  You need to love yourself first.  Most acts of unkindness and even violence towards others are not done by people who truly love themselves...they are done by people who do not know how to love others because they do not know who they are. There is a beautiful line in A Course..." Teach only love, for that is what you are." (6:I:13:2)  If we realized what we were beyond these ego personalities that are conditioned to defend, attack, accumulate and succeed at all costs...we would realise  that we are Love.  We would embrace that and embrace ourselves for that...and that is all we would teach through example.

You yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Buddha