#how to love

[rinwreck]

you'll tell me

love is quiet

love is soft

but you don't know

love like i was taught.

love is harsh

love is deceiving

it's intoxicating

It was taught to me

like a sword fight,

love to survive;

maybe you'll realize

i will never know how to love

picture is collected from Pinterest

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[symphonyoflovenet]

The essence of loving kindness is being able to offer happiness. You can be the sunshine for another person.

Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Love

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[terracemuse]

#Thich Nhat Hanh #distractions #how to love #Zen

[infpisme]

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[dying4urlove]

the heart of understanding (love)

from “how to love” by thich nhat hanh

#reading #thich nhat hanh #how to love

[themermaidavenger]

#how to love #how to know

[reasonatedtarot]

There’s reason why the Magician (Master of Secrets) and The High Priestess do not tell the world or everything/anyone all their secrets. If someone knows these things they are more vulnerable to an attack to get that information by someone else.

It’s a protective and nurturing thing/response. ❤️❤️❤️

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[missbliss12]

i hope i can be as intelligent and talented as you when i am older :)

Thank you so much for this kind message!! You are so sweet!

Attaining wisdom and compassion and skill (artistic or otherwise) is a lifelong journey. I'm sure I have much room to grow, but I am so glad to be doing that with you all.

Speaking of which, here is a great excerpt from a book I've been reading recently by Thich Nhat Hanh. The book is called How To Love. I've been thinking a lot about it... and I highly recommend it!

"If you pour a handful of salt into a cup of water, the water becomes undrinkable. But if you pour the salt into a river, people can continue to draw the water to cook, wash, and drink. The river is immense, and it has the capacity to receive, embrace, and transform. When our hearts are small, our understanding and compassion are limited, and we suffer. We can’t accept or tolerate others and their shortcomings, and we demand that they change. But when our hearts expand, these same things don’t make us suffer anymore. We have a lot of understanding and compassion and can embrace others. We accept others as they are, and then they have a chance to transform."

#thich nhat hanh #how to love #the lifelong journey of wisdom and compassion #thank you for your kind messages - they touch me deeply

[1introvertedsage]

The night is my companion And the highway is my home Got me seeking for one last beacon Every single place I roam

#Heart of Stone #Whiskey Myers #lyrics #song quotes #carry on #growth #learning things a man my age is supposed to know #how to love #music heals #lyric quotes #song lyrics #lha #1introvertedsage #forever wanderer #one last beacon #roam

[detox-blog]

Yes, toxic relationships are difficult, but you know what else is difficult?, Your first healthy relationship after a toxic one. Nobody talks about how hard it is to unlearn all the toxic behaviours you copied as defence mechanisms. How hard it is to convince yourself that everything is fine and that you are safe now. And how long it can take you to accept true love. True.

- Unknown.

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[whyoseob]

Desde que eu te conheci, meu coração mudou

HIGHLIGHT (하이라이트) - How To Love 

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[dinhui]

#highlight #how to love #switch on

[mindfulhavens]

I find it amusing that “chemistry” between two people is literally biochemical interactions in our brains that drive feeling.

We choose the people that make us feel the most ourselves.

And in the absence of this person, I pray you to find the courage to be alone, as it is better to be alone than with the wrong person.

Oh, but how would be distinguish between love and chemistry?

#quotes #writing #musings #romantic love #newsletter #overthinking #romantic chemistry #emotional health #love thoughts #how to love #emotional well being #relationship #greek mythology

[rinwreck]

But but but there is always a but.

I don't want to fall in love but you exist.

I don't want to anticipate the hurting

but I want a a taste of your loving.

I am blindly walking towards you

through the path you made me

and it has treated me warmly so far but,

who's to say you won't get tired of me?

I have loved but all I'm good at is losing it.

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[wouldnt-give-a-fig]

how do i want to love? selfishly? by asking in desperation to be cared for? do i always want to remain in this state of need? when oh when will i be full enough to give, to look at a person and know that i can offer them something, that i can be their support, their strength. is that selfish though? to be something to someone that can't be replaced? maybe all i really want is to be chosen...for someone to say 'you' and not regret it, no matter how many times i mess up. to not be the last one picked for dodgeball anymore. to not be a referee that didn't get a callback. to not reflect badly on the people that know me. i want to be stable enough to hold you too. i don't want to be treading water for the rest of my life.

i hope that one day i can love without expecting anything in return. i hope that one day my love will be able to give without taking. i hope one day i will have enough love to not need to leech it off people that have given too much already. i hope my love will be strong enough for that one day. i hope you're still there when that day comes. i hope that's not too selfish of me to ask.

will true love really wait a lifetime? i hope so. i look forward to eternity with you in it. and i hope, beyond hope, that God will allow me to love you on both sides of it.

#thoughts #a glib saying #love #how to love #seriously though how do you do it #unrequited love

[zzzzzestforlife]

11 and 25 for the ask game!

💌 ask game to celebrate completing my langblr challenge! 🇰🇷🇨🇳🇯🇵 previously answered questions in korean/english

11 - the story of my first love

仍然故事继续啊。从小我学更好的爱 i think the story is still ongoing. as i get older, i learn to love better 🤗

爱不只是浪漫，爱也跟朋友们，也跟家人，也跟我自己 love is not only romantic, it's also love between friends and family and with myself. 我觉得那些爱很同啊 and i think those kinds of love are not that different.

i learn a lot about how to love platonically from observing people in romantic relationships and i learn a lot about how to love myself from observing how i am fortunately loved. this is probably going to be one of the nerdiest things i'll ever say, but for me, love has been the story of learning 爱的故事是学的故事 🥰

25 - what my mid-life crisis will be about

健康哈哈 my health lol 😂 已经不好 it's already bad 😅

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