6. Sometimes, love means leaving.
True, unconditional love doesn’t always mean we stick together. Sometimes it means recognizing that while we still love one another, we no longer serve each other’s best interest. Breakups are painful, no doubt, but they’re also a true opportunity to practice loving without conditions.
I was with a man for years who, near the end of our relationship, said to me in desperation, “It’s like we’re an iceberg and each time we get roughed up by the waves, we lose a little piece of ourselves. How long before there’s nothing left of us?”
This was shocking to hear because I’d felt like we were a human muscle and each time we got a little torn and battered, we created the exact conditions we needed to strengthen and fortify ourselves.
When we treat love like it is in limited supply that depletes with use, fear is sure to make it crumble. When we treat love like it is limitless and expands with use, our exuberance is sure to make it grow.
Once we truly understand and embrace that love is inherent in who we are, we realize it’s not something that someone can take away from us.
True, unconditional love is not something that wears down; with a little shift in the way we deal with hardships we can always call on that love to strengthen ourselves and our relationship with others.
-YourTango
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