Posts Tagged ‘love’
“It’s easy to feel uncared for when people aren’t able to communicate and connect with you in the way you need. And it’s so hard not to internalize that silence as a reflection on your worth. But the truth is that the way other people operate is not about you. Most people are so caught up in their own responsibilities, struggles, and anxiety that the thought of asking someone else how they’re doing doesn’t even cross their mind. They aren’t inherently bad or uncaring — they’re just busy and self-focused. And that’s okay. It’s not evidence of some fundamental failing on your part. It doesn’t make you unloveable or invisible. It just means that those people aren’t very good at looking beyond their own world. But the fact that you are — that despite the darkness you feel, you have the ability to share your love and light with others — is a strength. Your work isn’t to change who you are; it’s to find people who are able to give you the connection you need. Because despite what you feel, you are not too much. You are not too sensitive or too needy. You are thoughtful and empathetic. You are compassionate and kind. And with or without anyone’s acknowledgment or affection, you are enough.”
~Daniell Koepke
“Love easily confuses us because it is always in flux between illusion and substance, between memory and wish, between contentment and need.”
~Tom Robbins
“Give the ones you love wings to fly,
roots to come back
and reasons to stay.”
– Dalai Lama XIV
The healthiest relationships are the honest ones, the ones that might not always look ‘happy’ or ‘carefree’ from the outside. The ones that might not fit society’s image of what a relationship ‘should’ or ‘must’ look or feel like. Where two people tell the truth about today, and continually let go of all their preconceived ideas about each other.
“To live in this world, you must be able to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and,
when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.”
Mary Oliver
“You don’t need someone to complete you,
you only need someone to accept you completely.”
“Love back with all you might, live each day as if there is no tomorrow, and happiness and the glory of life will be yours.”
A. Y. Collins
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone. It has to be made, like bread; re-made all the time, made new.”
~Le Guin