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Why you should keep giving your love to others even if you don’t get it back
Let them keep what they took from you!
Wow, more than 5 years ago I posted this quote on Facebook, and now I understand that this is probably the truest secret to living a completely fulfilled life — by freeing yourself and giving to others what you have.
I am one of those people who grew up in a family that could never experience what true love feels like. This led me to seek love, affirmation and recognition from others, hoping that if I gave them my attention and my gifts, they would finally recognize me and my value.
And because I never got what I needed most, I had to become the one — THE LOVE I want to receive and THE LOVE the world wants to experience.
Once I realized the super power of my own love, I began to wonder what I would do with this powerful, overflowing LOVE that I am? Keeping it to myself was out of the question for me, because I have always found joy in serving others even (narcissistic people) to whom we should actually give the least attention and love, right? But love is real only when it is unconditional.
Through many years of spiritual self-education, I promised myself never again to rely on others…