We now live in a world where we often hear life-advice that pushes the idea that we need "to love ourselves first" before any real happiness can be attained--or something similar. I've always had a problem with this maxim because it trows out the basic truism that our existence is always going to be infused with other people, meaning that learning to love and support others is mandatory for a happy life. It would be like trying to learn to fly while ignoring the necessity for air.
With that in mind, here is a rare article that covers this topic in a way that makes much more sense than the way so many others promote shunning or minimizing strong and intimate relationships in order to be happy. This is in opposition to supposed gurus who mainly look at relationships--if they look at them at all--in the narrow and selfish context of how others will benefit them. (It also seems that those who promote this individualistic vieware usually wealthy enough to not need others to survive.)
With that in mind, here is a rare article that covers this topic in a way that makes much more sense than the way so many others promote shunning or minimizing strong and intimate relationships in order to be happy. This is in opposition to supposed gurus who mainly look at relationships--if they look at them at all--in the narrow and selfish context of how others will benefit them. (It also seems that those who promote this individualistic vieware usually wealthy enough to not need others to survive.)
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