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Profound changes in the way we think and act must take place if we are to create a loving culture.
love is as love does,
When we are loving we
openly and honestly express care, affection, responsibility, respect, ...
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“I have no doubt that my father loved me, but his love became misdirected. He said he wanted to give me what he didn’t have as a child.”
The affection he gave was undermined by the abuse.
lovelessness is not a function of poverty or material lack.
Trust is the foundation of intimacy.
When we hear another person’s thoughts, beliefs, and feelings, it is more difficult to project on to them our perceptions of who they are.
The wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his truths, was silenced by paternal sadism, by a patriarchal world that did not want him to claim his true feelings. The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood on that she must become something other than herself, deny her true feelings, in order to attract and please others.
Lies may make people feel better, but they do not help them to know love.
they were socialized to see themselves as unlovable by forces outside their control.
Affirmations helped restore my emotional equilibrium.
The more we accept ourselves, the better prepared we are to take responsibility in all areas of our lives.
Buddhist concept of “right livelihood” is more widely understood, more people embrace the belief that work that enhances our spiritual well-being strengthens our capacity to love.
And when we work with love we create a loving working environment.
