Be Your Best Friend First

Youtube is amazing. I was searching through some videos of a couple of kid actors that I grew up with to fill in some spare time. I came across an interview they did about their upcoming book involving 20 people that inspired them. One of whom was Diane von Furstenberg. A fashion icon, former German princess and known for her wrap dresses. She said, "Be your best friend first." I never thought about my life like that. How are you supposed to give yourself to someone if you don't know yourself at all? I think about a couple of my best friends I've had and how I would protect them in any way. Why shouldn't I be doing that for myself?
She also said, "I never knew what I wanted to do but I always knew the woman I wanted to be." We lose ourselves sometimes. We come out of situations realizing that maybe we, again, need to figure ourselves out. I'm still trying to figure myself out. If I already did know who I was, how does that play out in situations you'd never think you'd ever be in? Aren't those situations part of molding you into who you are? Maybe if I already knew who I was, it wouldn't be so difficult. *Sigh* If it were only that simple.