Real love isn’t controlling. It supports others in being how they want to be rather than pressuring them into behaving the way we want them to. It isn’t possessive or jealous. It’s allowing and accepting. It doesn’t demand the fulfillment of a bargain because it’s unconditional. It smiles with appreciation and honors the true essence of others. But we can only genuinely feel love for anyone else when we feel that way about ourselves. When we unconditionally love and accept ourselves, we don’t seek it from the outside. We just want to…

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