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: relationships
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?
Transcend the noise and the cliché, and you have a chance at the impossible.
Love is a tricky thing
When we practice authentic, open communication as a rule, we lose the need to protect ourselves from attack, or to save up “doozies” to assail someone when a defensive moment arrives.