thoughts on love 2

if he/she is heartbroken, that's the right time for you to steal his/her heart...

there is a myth around that says, "You had better not admit that you are vulnerable or lonely, or you will look weak." It also says, "Don't be honest about how you really feel, or someone will sink the book it." The myth is back to front. Others know when wer are being open and sincere and they love us for it. It is only when we fake it and pretend that we are OK, that we get into trouble.

it is ironic that those of us who re the most desperate for affection, do the most pretending that we don't need it. when we are really soft and lonely inside, we then have to do an extra good job of letting the world know that everything is fine.

LOVE is not ooey gooey. LOVE is strength and commitment. to love someone can mean telling them what they don't want to hear.

LOVE is courage, and it takes a lot more courage to say "I'm scared," or " I love you", than it does to clout someone around the ears.

LOVE is respect, for ourselves and others. it is all baout allowing people to be where they are and loving them anyway. the moment we say, you do this and then I will love you, that isn't love -- it is manipulation.

LOVE is about looking for the good in people, and if we can do that, and do it consistently, then our own happiness is guaranteed. As our life is a reflection of ourselves, the more love and beauty that we perceive, the more wer are growing and the more we are becoming, and so for all of us, LOVE IS EVERYTHING.

-- from Being Happy of Andrew Matthews