How to Be Your Own Best Friend (https://www.smartguy.com/) We often give the best of ourselves to others - encouragement, kindness, understanding. But when it comes to how we treat ourselves? That’s usually where compassion ends. It’s time for a shift. You deserve the same love, patience, and loyalty you give your best friend. You deserve to be your own best friend. Think about Selena Gomez. She’s been through intense public scrutiny, heartbreak, illness, and mental health battles. For years, she tried to please everyone else - until it nearly broke her. Eventually, she stepped away, went quiet, and began healing. She said, “I had to start loving myself first, because I wasn’t doing that for so long.” That decision changed everything. Or look at Steve Jobs. Driven, intense, often misunderstood - even by himself. Toward the end of his life, he admitted the value of self-acceptance, connection, and simplicity. He realized that peace doesn’t come from pushing yourself endlessly, but from learning to care for the person inside.