Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.
Where there is love there is life.
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
Giving opens the way for receiving.
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands.
You know you're in love when you stop comparing.
Growth of the soul is our goal, and there are many ways to encourage that growth, such as through love, nature, healing our wounds, forgiveness, and service. The soul grows well when giving and receiving love. I nourish my soul daily by loving others and being vulnerable to their love. Love is, after all, a verb, an action word, not a noun.
I lacked some essential skill for attracting people, for giving and receiving love easily. It meant too much to me. I seemed to be driving away the people I most wanted. Finally I had realized that getting someone to love you was like trying to coax a bird to perch on your finger . . . it wouldn't happen unless you stopped trying so hard.
And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.
I'm now so much more capable of receiving love and giving it in a far different way.
Love is cheering and sharing and compassion, and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy, or relief to anyone or anything.
The only method of receiving love is to give love, because what we give out must come back.
Giving and receiving love is vital to human existence. It is the glue that binds couples, families, communities, cultures, and nations.
The fourth doorway is the Doorway of Openness located in our heart center. It has to do with being open to both giving and receiving love. It's not just about being able to give, but it's also about the ability to be open to receive. There's a certain vulnerability in receiving. When we truly take in and appreciate all of the gifts of life, then our hearts are truly open in love.
It always boils down to the same thing - not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.
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