things i know but don't yet understand #3

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

Siddhartha Gautama

(So here's how it went: I was supposed to write a post on how bored I am with inspirational quotes and how empty and insipid they feel right now. And then I stumbled across this and the words hit me right in the guts and 

the tears dripped off my chin before I even realised I was crying. 

Maybe I'll save the intended post for later.)