We've all heard the term unconditional love and yet many of
us wonder, what does that really mean? Can I really love
unconditionally?
Don't most us of put conditions on our love? In our humanness, most
of us look at our partners and say, I'll love you as long as you never...
or I love you, but if you ever... Or, sometimes we feel "I love her (or
him) because she is beautiful, or successful, or athletic, or any other
characteristics we love about our partners" and then unconsciously, some
part of us knows that if those characteristics changed we might not
feel the same way. Unfortunately, this conditioning has become a
"normal" part of the way we relate. What if it were different?
What if you choose love? What if, instead of seeing
fault first or trying to prove our point and be right, we chose love? I
know this may not sound easy and yet, didn't you get into relationship
in the first place because you loved this person and thought they were
great? Why is it then that we chose conflict over love?
As one of my teachers once said to us, "Would you rather be right or...
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