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Post by ocarina on Mar 31, 2019 19:59:05 GMT
"If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love" Thich Nacht Hanh
Obvious in the case of the avoidant who literally does just that - less obvious maybe for the anxious person who may be less than present as a result of behaviour designed to control a partner in order to get their own needs met. There's a lot of talk about true love - I like Tich Nacht Hanh's definition of love as simply being there - for oneself and for other people.
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Post by leavethelighton on Apr 9, 2019 23:40:44 GMT
Maybe the concept of true love is a trap though--the idea that there is one ideal way to love. Maybe that's a recipe for always being disappointed or feeling one falls short, chasing chimeras, etc.
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Post by ocarina on Apr 10, 2019 7:02:40 GMT
Maybe the concept of true love is a trap though--the idea that there is one ideal way to love. Maybe that's a recipe for always being disappointed or feeling one falls short, chasing chimeras, etc. I’m not sure that the concept itself is a trap - the attachment to the idea is the problem - the clinging to the ideal rather than allowing and accepting what is or chasing rainbows. Attachment to any ideal is a route to painful discontent - but it doesn’t make the ideal wrong.
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Apr 10, 2019 11:14:41 GMT
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Post by ocarina on Apr 10, 2019 11:14:41 GMT
And even more of a trap - the belief that another person should live up to your ideal when they are unable or unwilling. Ouch.....
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