The Second Agreement from don Miguel Ruiz. When my partner or friend is having a bad day, chances are it’s not about me. We all live very intricate lives that involve a lot of challenges outside our relationship . When I decide that it’s about me and get hurt, then
“Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.” Alexander Smith, a Scottish poet, clearly a romantic man, wrote these words in the 1800’s. My observation is that we are drawn to people, whether as friends or as lovers, who are similar to us,
Giving Love You can’t give something that you don’t have. If you want to give love, you have to have love to give. If you don’t love yourself, then you actually don’t have any love to give to someone else. In order give love, you absolutely have to love yourself
Don’t try to control him. Men, maybe all of us, usually hate to be controlled, and he will likely run away.