Of course we all need affectional security and to be loved! Yes,
recognition can be healthy! Likewise, we are to enjoy life amid a
like-minded community of Saints. But to like being liked for its own
sake is unhealthy. Similarly, overmuch concern with public image can
cause us to rearrange priorities rather than striving to have Jesus’
image in our countenance (see Alma 5:14, 19).