Archive for July 30th, 2017
Unconditional
Is your love unconditional? Do you give others unconditional support? Are you capable of unconditional surrender? Not necessarily easy questions to answer.
Think about the adult child that you may be financially supporting for whatever reason. What, if anything, do you expect in return?
A spouse or love partner whose behavior and attitude often grates on your nerves. Do you love them unconditionally regardless?
In your spiritual belief system, is the love in your heart and mind unconditional?
Unconditional love is not co-dependent, needy or lacking in self-respect. Healthy, loving relationships require boundaries, respect, tolerance for ambiguity and forgiveness.
“Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It’s not ‘I love you’ for this or that reason, not ‘I love you if you love me.’ It’s love for no reason, love without object.” ~Ram Dass
“Never give up, which is the lesson I learned from boxing. As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one does not cancel the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older.” ~Kris Kristofferson
“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.
