It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.
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About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love should be an intrinsic motivation rather than a transaction based on goodness or gain.
- In plain terms
- Love because you love loving, not for what you get.
- What can you take from it?
- True love comes from within, not from transaction.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do you love the people you do?
- Is love transactional or unconditional?
Another view
Mutual benefit often exists in healthy relationships.
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