#real-love

[thepersonalquotes]

Marriage should liberate, not incarcerate. Real love shouldn't limit a person's potential, it should expand it.

Seth Adam Smith

[thepersonalwords]

Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness.

Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

[quotelr]

Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy. Through the practices of loving kindness and self-compassion, we can learn to love our flawed and imperfect selves. And in those moments of vulnerability, we open our hearts to connect with each other, as well. We are not perfect, but we are enough.

Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

[lioninsunheart]

“We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don't even matter, while all that time we waste our beauty and the people who do love us have to stand on the sidewalk and watch us beg in the streets! It's time to put an end to this. It's time for us to let ourselves be loved.” ― C. JoyBell C.

[thepersonalwords]

Mindfulness may help you gain insight into your role in conflicts with others, it won’t single-highhandedly help you resolve them.

Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

[thepersonalwords]

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

Edwin Louis Cole

[thepersonalwords]

The journey to loving ourselves doesn’t mean we like everything.

Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection