If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True love requires unconditional giving and taking. If there is a scorecard, it is a business deal.
- In plain terms
- Love needs to be unconditional to be real.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid keeping score in relationships.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is your relationship a partnership or a trade?
- Do you feel valued without conditions?
Another view
Some healthy boundaries are necessary even in love.
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