And you can internalize the idea that if your partner decides to part with you, it likely was not the right relationship to be in.42 The most helpful algorithm I have come across for eliminating jealousy is a refusal to identify as another person’s possessor, found in this quote attributed to Osho: If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.
