“The secret to finding love was not to actually look for it, but to heal the things that were preventing you from seeing and receiving it.”Tagged: Love, Self-Concept, Seeking Love
“Whenever there is a problem in your life, there is a problem with how you are thinking, reacting or responding. Whatever you feel you are not receiving is a direct reflection of what you are not giving.”Tagged: Life, Love, Giving, Receiving, Problems
“I don't think there are people crueler to one another more than people who really, really love each other. They see so much of themselves in one another that they simply cannot stand it and retaliate in all the same ways they are rejecting themselves!”Tagged: Love, Blame, Relationships, Cruelty
“[You still don't have the love you want because] you not only think that somebody else is responsible for fixing you, but that there is something wrong with them if they don't.”Tagged: Love, Blame, Relationships
“Learning to love yourself is, as odd as it may sound, learning to honor, respect, love and acknowledge the child in you.”Tagged: Love, Self-Love, Respect, Child
“Love magnifies and brings clarity to whatever is most present in your life. So if the things that are most present are self-doubt, lostness, insecurity, etc., you will only have more and more of that.”Tagged: Love, Clarity, Relationships, Healthy Love
“A good life is not measured by what you do, it's about who you are. Not how many people you loved, but how much. It has nothing to do with how well things turn out or how seamlessly the plan is followed. It's about the bits of magic you stumble upon when you dive off path.”Tagged: Life, Magic, Happiness, A Good Life, Love
“You should thank the people who hurt you most in life because those relationships didn't actually hurt you, they showed you an unhealed part of yourself, a part that was preventing you from being truly loved.”Tagged: Love, Growth, Pain, hurt, Breakups
“When you want to pity yourself over how little love you're getting, I ask you to stop and consider: How much are you giving?”Tagged: Love, Giving Love, Deserving Love, Loving Freely
“If you go on living as though other people are required to give you love, you will never actually experience it. If you go on living as though love is something that is always required of you, you will find it in everything.”Tagged: Love, Giving Love, Deserving Love, Loving Freely
“The pain of not having love is the pain of your heart being closed.”Tagged: Love, Pain, Closing Yourself Off To Love, Loneliness, Accepting Love
“Give yourself permission to feel okay. This is why we love when other people love us - because it lets us flip the mental switch that gives us permission to be happy, proud, excited or content.”Tagged: Love, Self-Love, Contentment, Permission, Pride
“Instead of thinking you are someone who is attractive and successful, learn to think of yourself as someone who is resilient, hungry for new experiences, capable of deeply loving others, and so on.”Tagged: Self-Perception, Perception, Success, Love, Hunger
“If you believe you're the kind of person who can bear pain or loss, you will be the kind of person who can bear pain or loss. If you believe you're worthy of love, you will experience love when it comes.”Tagged: Loss, Pain, Love, Worthiness, Feeling Worthy
“Committing, sacrificing, trying and trying again for the people you love and the things you believe in are what make a life feel worthwhile. Meeting your own needs is the first step, not the ultimate goal.”Tagged: Relationships, Love, Self-Love, Needs, Needing Other People
“You will not be ready when the love of your life comes along. You also probably won't be ready when you see the listing for your dream job or to buy a house or maybe have a kid or maybe quit that job and try to write the book you keep thinking about or get sick or lose a relative or die yourself. If…”Tagged: Waiting, Being Ready, Life, Love, Opportunity
“Most people assume that when they have someone who loves them, they'll think they're worthy of love. When they have money, they'll have a different attitude about it. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. Your mind creates; it is not created.”Tagged: Love, Money, The Law Of Attraction Kind Of, Worthiness
“If you think love is something that exists anywhere but within your own mind and heart, you will never have it.”Tagged: Love, Self-Love, Relationships, Self-Concept, Perception
“When we think other people love us, we give ourselves permission to feel love.”Tagged: Love, Self-Love, Relationships, Self-Concept, Self-Esteem
“People cannot transmute emotions, which is interesting to consider when you realize how utterly consumed the human race is with the concept of getting other people to love us.”Tagged: Emotion, Love, Self-Love, Self-Esteem, Self-Concept