The Three Stages of Love
In the process of loving there are three important
stages or moments:
1. kindness
a warm assurance that "I am on your side. I
care about you.
2. Encouragement:
a strong reassurance of your own strength and
self-sufficiency.
3. Challenge:
a loving but firm exhortation to action.
What I would so much like to have above all else, is a truly loving heart. The more I read, hear and study about the nature of LOVE, the more I see how short I fall of my ideal.
Maybe when I love myself more fully, I will find myself more able to see the positive in me, as opposed to the negative. I often feel like nobody cares about me or likes me but the truth of the matter is that, I probably don't really care for myself or really like myself. If I really cared about myself, I would stop smoking. If I liked myself then it wouldn't really matter to me what anyone else thought.
All I can do is keep fumbling. I know which direction I want to go.
Thank you for keeping me clean and sober today
Peace to you all
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