To the next person you see, silently give the praise you didn't get enough from your parents but wish you had. Give this praise silently to everyone you see for the next three days. In your imagination, give this praise silently to your parents, right now. How does it feel to offer the praise you never got, but wished you had.
Holding back praise limits all the love you are willing to give — through speech, sex, touch. It also restrains the love you could offer through your life's work.
— David Deida, Instant Enlightenment