Affection Quotes
We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.
Ultimately, we forgive others in order to free ourselves.
Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can’t be rushed or engineered.
Audrey, if you had the choice, would you rather be his muse or be in his arms?" "I want to be both. I know it's the exception rather than the rule, but I can't hepl what I want.
We nurture our sense of connection with the larger whole, noticing that the whole is only as healthy as its smallest part.
My boy?he is evenbetter than books.-fiction has nothing on you.
Are you real?” Stupid. Of course he’s real.“Yes, Julie. I’m not the mystical man from your dreams.
A relationship is the union of two psychological systems.
When we set an intention to explore our emotional hot spots, we create a pathway to real love.
Often in close relationships, the subject being discussed is not the subject at all.
You don't have to love yourself unconditionally before you can give or receive real love.
When we develop our ability to love in one realm, we simultaneously nourish our ability in others, as long as we remain open to the flow of insight and compassion.
So often we operate from ideas of love that don’t fit our reality.
Feelings of apathy as they relate to our relationships often stem from insufficiently paying attention to those around us.
Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections with others.
One foundation of loving relationships is curiosity, keeping open to the idea that we have much to learn even about those we have been close to for decades.
When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.
Although much of the work we do in committed relationships we do with our partners, sometimes it’s necessary to start with ourselves.
With our close friends, family members, and lovers, we hope to create a special world, one in which we can expect to be treated fairly, with care, tenderness, and compassion.
Be open to the possibility that there are other paths available to you in relating to yourself and to another.
Without equanimity, we might give love to others only in an effort to bridge the inevitable and healthy space that always exists between two people.
How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.
A particularly difficult line to navigate is the one between fear and love, especially for parents, who want more than anything to protect their children from suffering.
The paradigm for our relationships is formed from our earliest experiences and is actually hardwired into our neurological and emotional network.
Letting go of the belief that we’re powerless to help relieve our own suffering enhances our ability not only to heal but also to genuinely love and receive the love of others.
The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
We learn from conflicts only when we are willing to do so.
To truly love ourselves, we must challenge our beliefs that we need to be different or better.
As soon as we ask whether or not a story is true in the present moment, we empower ourselves to re-frame it.
Maybe what we really need is to change our relationship to what is, to see who we are with the strength of a generous spirit & a wise heart.
I wish not to tell you how I feelI choose silence so that you leaveKiss me goodbye and set me free
Living in a story of a limited self—to any degree—is not love.
Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness.
Relationships should be like flat pack come with easy to follow instructions so that you knew which bits fitted where
Cultivating loving kindness for ourselves is the foundation of real love for our friends and family, for new people we encounter in our daily lives, for all beings and for life itself.
Hopefully not by sad experience, you will find that some interactions most private, can be the coldest and most closed off, and some interactions seemingly common or casual can be the most intimate.
Love is a living capacity within us that is always present, even when we don’t sense it.
When our focus is on seeking, perfecting, or clinging to romance, the charge is often generated by instability, rather than by an authentic connection with another person.
Real Love may run on a lower voltage, but it’s also more grounded & sustainable.
Whatever language we use use to describe healthy relationships, when we’re in them, we feel nourished by them, in body as well as mind.
Throughout the empire, it was whispered that although the husband waded through mud, the wife walked upon water. She, it was said, was graced with a gentle touch which tamed the most vicious of men.
The sun still lives his silent vows to the moon, by bowing to kiss her feet whenever she walks in the room.
I, the infirm, find myself caring for the sorrows and fears of the well.
If you have to chase, beg, or plot for love....It will run away at the next "best" offer.
Ah, Chantal... Now I think I know how it feels to fly on a trapeze.