Love those who love you.
Be open to criticism, especially if it's from those who love you.
Lean on each other.
Be honest with yourself and those who around you.
I've learned recently: we all can't just depend on our own strength. We need each other. We need God. We just need to love and learn how to receive love.
A favorite verse of mine is,
"Owe nothing to anyone--except for your obligation to love one another.
If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God's law."
(Romans 13:8 NLT)
I don't know why, but love is a very strong thing to me.
I've really seen the awful things love can do.
I've also seen the great things.
Luckily, the great things outweigh the awful…but the awful are more memorable
—if you know what I mean.
I know I'm not the first person to talk about love,
and I honestly don't know a lot about love.
What I do know is: love is something serious and shouldn't be taken lightly.
Love doesn't discriminate.
It's for everyone, but sometimes who we love is exclusive
—which is not a very good thing (Luke 6:32 NLT).
I think it's okay to love your friends.
I know I do, and I treat them as family: because they are my family
—and I love my family.
Truthfully and sadly, I don't love most of my blood relatives.
That's a HUGE fault of mine.
I honestly don't know how to change or work on that, but I am working on it.
A favorite quote of mine is from The Perks of Being a Wallflower,
when Charlie talks to his teacher, and his teacher tells him,
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
If anyone is like me then you don't accept much love.
That's a fatal flaw of mine.
On the contrary, I love with all that I have.
I love others even though I don't accept theirs.
In return I hope that they will love me the same way I love them.
I'm learning to accept love.
It's like God's grace to me, so I don't believe I deserve it.
The thing is I don't feel like I offer anything to earn love.
Luckily, the love I receive doesn't depend on me.
It's up to the giver.
Recently, I've learned a lot about love.
Like Kendrick Lamar says in his song "Real,"
"But what [does] love got to do with it when you don't love yourself?"
This is very very true because how can you love others when you don't love yourself? When you love yourself you accept yourself.
Like knowing you're not perfect, but loving yourself anyway.
…Also, when you love yourself, you allow yourself to improve
—and one way to improve is to let those who truly care and love you
help you (Proverbs 12:1).
Sometimes you don't see what others see (good and bad).
—By not allowing others to love you, you are selling yourself short.—