Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.
Richard L. EvansRead
Sincere love is something that sacrifices not something that indulges itself. Sincere love is responsible. It would never knowingly hurt, but would heal.
Interpretation
Sincere love prioritizes the well-being of others over self-indulgence.
In this quote, Richard L. Evans emphasizes that true love is characterized by selflessness and responsibility. It suggests that genuine love involves making sacrifices for the loved one, actively seeking their happiness and healing, rather than seeking personal gratification or pleasure at their expense.
In practice
This quote could be used in a wedding speech to highlight the importance of selfless love in a marriage.
Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.
Literally, no man ever sees himself as others see him. No photograph or reflection ever gives us the same slant on ourselves that others see. It has often been proved on the witness stand that no two people ever see the same accident precisely the same way. We see through different eyes and from different angles. But if we could see things as other people see them, we could come closer to knowing why they do what they do and why they say what they say.
Real love is figuring out how someone wants to be loved and loving them in that way.
We can't command our love, but we can our actions.
And I, a materialist who does not believe in the starry heaven promised to a human being, for this dog and for every dog I believe in heaven, yes, I believe in a heaven that I will never enter, but he waits for me wagging his big fan of a tail so I, soon to arrive, will feel welcomed.
So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person. [True Love. A Practice for Awakening the Heart.]
Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them.
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.
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