The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you.

Now today, moment by moment, realize that each person and event that happens is life for you. Life is not somewhere else. See how fully you can accept the life that presents itself to you now.

If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.

When we are in a truly loving relationship, we receive the gift of being known and accepted. We become more, not less, of who we are. We receive the space in which to bloom. This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.

This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.

Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.

When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering.