prerequisite
Fact is it hasn’t been easy for any of us. Learn to give some respect and care for people’s experiences as lessons come with scarred wounds, for growth is the product from some inevitable mistakes and pain. You feed your ego hunger by fighting to win, so you win, what then? We love — so we respect each other, not the other way round. ‘Respect’ is mirrored, not guaranteed. If you require people to show respect repeatedly, unconditionally as a prerequisite for you to love them, it’s probably your ego howling out of insecurity, out of greed, anything but love. Love is instinctively natural and tenacious. Awfully crushing, love decomposes the moment it got exploited. If love comes at a price that eats away one’s core to feed someone else’s pride, then it’s overbearing. There might not always be a ‘what then’ ✍🏻
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#rootedinlove
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