What Does It Really Mean to Give Love?
"Love doesn't keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past mistakes. None of us is perfect.”
— Gary Chapman
We often hear phrases like "give love" or "share love" when talking about relationships. But do we truly understand what it means to give love to someone else? It's easy to misunderstand and get caught up in behaviors that are the opposite of giving love.
Giving love does not mean trying to change or control the other person. When we try to force someone to be different than who they naturally are, it's not an act of love—it's an act of judgment. We are saying to them "You are not good enough the way you are. You need to change to meet my expectations." True love should be about accepting someone completely as they are, not trying to remake them into our ideal.
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