Everyone in the world is family to us.
But our energy is finite, so we end up saving the word for the people nearest us by blood.
Yet if the world were ending and only you and one other person were left, it wouldn’t matter what you had been to each other — the two of you would become family.
So the people with more energy, the people with more love to give, are the ones who can help more people in a lifetime.
That’s why you have to learn to love yourself — to fill yourself with love — before you can love others, and love the world.
And it doesn’t have to be energy. Having enough money works the same way.
With money to spare, there are countless ways to help more strangers.
First learn to love yourself. Then love others, as far as your reach allows. Beyond that reach, do no harm — and love where you can.