“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches (Paperback)
"Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You have to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes too near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could."
~ Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum
Healthy, nurturing relationships require hefty doses of compromise, cooperation, communication and a willingness to be influenced.
Overview of Basic Principles
Understanding Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships: A Guide for Any Age
Self-Love
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side.”
— Maya Angelou
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”
— William Shakespeare
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
— Sylvia Plath
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.”
— Brené Brown
“As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.”
— Charlie Chaplin
Love
“How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.”
― khalil Gibran
Universal Love
Mother Teresa:
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
“Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.”
“Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier.”
“I know I am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering.”
Declare your allegiance to the power and enduring beauty of LOVE in all varieties of expression!
Love is a miracle and is truly infinitely renewable. The more you love, the more love you have in your heart to give.
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My mission...is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am. ~ Anaïs Nin
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