I think it is exceedingly rare these days that we take the time to truly get to know how someone wants to be loved; how they prefer to be treated, acknowledged, left alone or kept company; how they would be better heard, understood, and validated; how they want to be touched and embraced, or how they’ll be open to it when they feel safe.
Tag: authenticity
One thing you learn as you journey along the path is that whatever you’re looking for out of life is what you’re going to find.
There’s such an immense pressure we put upon ourselves in our culture to “do great things” with our lives. I think we almost always miss the point entirely. It’s an contrast between materialism and what really matters.
If I died tomorrow
I’d be alright
Though regretful. . .
When you love someone, do you require them to behave in a way you prefer, or would you rather they were their authentic self, warts and all?