We might say to someone “If you met me years ago, you wouldn’t have liked me.” Perhaps this is an indication that we don’t fully accept ourselves now.
Imagining our past self, we might still have some judgments about that person. Perhaps that one was uncertain, lacking in self-belief, or awkward.
At any moment we can turn towards the past and offer that old self our current love. Eventually they might be a point when we are receiving love from our future selves.