Respect Those You Love

Why try to change anything about those we love? He or she has the right to be whomever he or she is - has the right to be free. And we have the right to choose that relationship... or not. This is respect.

Wanting What We Don't Have

When love, attention, support, and respect are freely and generously given, it seems they are often not appreciated. Taken for granted, seen as low value, they are cast aside in lieu of love, attention, or respect that is tantalizingly out of reach. We all want, and desperately need those things, but we also seem to desperately want them from those who withhold them, not from those who readily give.

Love Even So

Sometimes you may feel played or used, or even like an unappreciated chump, but at the end of the day it is ok if you can say that you have loved the best that you could.

You Can't Love Someone Else More than You Love Yourself

You will never allow someone to love you more than you love yourself - not for long. If he or she tries, you will undermine the relationship and prove once again to yourself that you are not worthy. So if you want real love, you don't need to fix yourself -- you just have to make peace with your imperfections.