Unless our desire for human compassion is stronger than our desire to be right, to be secure or to belong, love will elude us. --Marsha Sinetar
Knowing we are loved is what most of us crave. For brief moments we feel it; then it eludes us once again. Why does it slip through our fingers so quickly? One way of attracting the love we desire is to be willing to love others. What we give to others comes back to us. Unfortunately, we may give judgment, impatience, or anger far more often than we give love.
We can learn to give compassion. First we need to make the decision to be compassionate. Then we need to act as if we're comfortable doing this. When we have practiced it a while, we'll discover that giving love and receiving the love we crave is within our grasp.
I will feel loved when I give love away. I don't need to be right today. I need to be loved.
Thank you for this post Larry. I have been thinking along these similar lines quit a bit recently. I believe I have been guilty in the past of giving judgment and impatience far to often. Regardless I know I could learn a lot about giving compassion. I had a real difficult time giving love away in the past and that is something I look to work on.
Thank you for this, Larry. I feel humbled & gladdened by it. 1 because I live in a houseshare & there's a couple of people I could get on better with & 2 because you outlined a couple of ways I can do it. Thank you, Danielle x
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