Ideally, your parents and other close friends and family would have given you the answer to this when you were a baby and toddler. But many times even the adults who cared for you as a child didn’t even know the answer to why they, themselves, deserved to be loved. So many people spend much of their lives not being sure, and sometimes even doubting that they DO deserve to be loved.
These young people we hear about in the news, who committed suicide after being teased and bullied about their sexuality, most likely didn’t get the message about why they deserved to be loved. And hearing about these young people, one is reminded that the only education that is absolutely crucial, which a lack of renders all other education utterly useless, is indeed teaching people the answer to this question.
And it’s never too late. This is a lesson that can always be learned. It might not be as easy to learn as it was when our brains were completely absorbent and malleable as they were during our very first few years of life, but as long as we still have the capacity to learn anything as adults, then this is the single most valuable thing to focus on learning.
So what have you learned about the answer to…
Why do you deserve to be loved?
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And for a follow up, and my best answer, see my newer post: the reason why you deserve to be loved
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Turil 
I think that we all deserved to be loved simply for being human, that it is our birthright, and that most of us are loved far more than we know.
I totally agree that young people need to hear the message that they are loved unconditionally. No one should feel unloved and uncared for to the point that they can be persuaded by bullies that they are worthless, whether it’s because of their sexuality or anything else. Everyone is important and worthwhile and everyone deserves to be loved.
Thank you for posting this. This is important to remember.