Butterflies by Matthijs Maris 1874

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Tips for Living in Love



  • Try to get all your personal needs met.  Allow yourself to be content with the rest of your life. This is where the energy to love comes from.
  • Let people be who they are.  Accept that you can't change them, only encourage them.
  • Never see another person as your enemy.  The ones who hurt you just don't understand how much you need each other.  Try to show them.
  • Never demand respect.  Earn it by showing respect for others.
  • Keep your expectations for others low but your hopes high.
  • Never command.  Just request or suggest.
  • Be patient.  Once you have waited long enough, wait just a little more.
  • Serve.  Meet some needs of those most in need, and then work your way up.  (Love doesn't trickle down, it trickles up.  If the most needy in a community gets their needs met, the entire community becomes more healthy.)
  • Live and work in a community that loves and serves people outside of their own group


What tips do you have for living in love?  Write them in comments.


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