![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So my invitation is to contemplate this concept-and feel free to share. I’ve often thought that if marriage vows really reflected the truth of how people were going to behave, they would say, “I’ll love you forever in my heart of hearts, but I’ll only stay married to you until you cheat, lie, or become irresponsible with time or money.” Unconditional love in its purest sense doesn’t mean allowing someone to repeatedly abuse or harm us, no matter what. We can pray for them, wish them well, and want the best for them while maintaining boundaries about how we are treated. We can love someone unconditionally from a distance while having conditions for how they treat us. My personal philosophy is that there is a difference between unconditionally loving someone and unconditionally living with them, staying in close proximity to them, or remaining in a relationship with them. In fact, when we say “I do,” we are essentially saying, “I’ll love you no matter what-for better and for worse, in good times and bad.” If you describe something as unconditional, you mean that the person doing or giving it does not require anything to be done by other people in exchange. We tend to think that unconditional love is the love of family members and of married couples. In some circles, unconditional love essentially means love no matter what. But what is it exactly? How do you do it? And is it really possible? Is it maintained regardless of integrity? “Unconditional love” is aspired toward in the realm of personal and spiritual growth as the highest form of love. It is my observation that unconditional love may still have conditions. Kids don’t have to embrace their parents no matter what, and spouses don’t stay married no matter what. Parents don’t welcome their kids home no matter what. ![]() Unconditional love in its purest sense doesn’t mean allowing someone to repeatedly abuse or harm us, no matter what.As we have witnessed in countless homes and families, this is not actually true. It involves sacrifice of the self for happiness of the other.' Is Unconditional. We can pray for them, wish them well, and want the best for them while maintaining boundaries about how we are treated. Unconditional love is the act of perpetually putting your partners wellbeing and happiness above yours. Hence why its not unconditional love, because unconditional love by definition has NO conditions whatsoever. ![]()
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