The approval and validation we seek from others is really a longing for self-approval. In a clumsy effort to learn to love ourselves unconditionally, we seek it from others. The pursuit of trying to win admiration is misguided for, even if we do achieve temporary admiration, it’s fleeting, depending on their mood and our performance. But real love is available and it exists without prerequisite. It results from recognizing the universality of imperfection and all human experience: the difficulties, mistakes, joys and sorrows. When we humbly recognize we are all doing our best, we can…
Love without condition.
