The world told me a big fat lie. The world told me that love is both ways... love is mutual.
Like I said, the world lied.
Love is a one-way street. Just like gift-giving, love in its most genuine form is about giving... giving unconditionally... giving without expecting anything in return… giving with no expectations. Kinda the same as the kind most mothers give to their child.
Love is when your heart is so big, you want to share the care and happiness with someone else.
Love is when you are so content with your life, you can shower the excess gratitude on someone else.
The problem with a lot of people these days is their love is given with expectations. I love you (therefore I expect you to love me back); or I love you therefore you must do this…
As Mark so wisely put it, to love and expect to be loved back, that is not love, that is barter.
This was the kind of love I had for Daniel, which I why I can forgive him so easily. Because other than money, he really didn’t owe me much. The love I gave him, I never expected him to love me back. I simply enjoy loving him.
I did. To love someone genuinely (free of any tinge of barter intentions) is a very enjoyable act. Really.
I say , “It’s better to love, than to be loved”, and not the other way round.
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