To love is to trust the one you love

I love you, and therefore I believe that you will accept my care and my love. I believe that you will not deliberately make me suffer. If we trust each other, we have nothing to hide from each other, there is no need to wear masks and pretend. We can demonstrate to each other our true nature.

To love is to trust yourself

Trust in a loved one plays a huge role in any relationship. But just as important is the ability to trust yourself. If you hesitate to rely on yourself, you are unlikely to be able to trust the person who wants to share love with you.

To love is to be able to accept flaws

In a relationship based on love, there are moments of emptiness when we are almost ready to give up on everything. There are moments of tension and moments when we feel that it is impossible to break off the relationship. True love is not cloudless happiness. However, we are able to get through hard times because we remember our past and can imagine our future if we sort out our problems and end them.

Love is freedom

Love is given of your own free will. My love for you does not depend on whether you live up to my expectations or not. A person experiencing true love does not say: "I will love you when you become perfect or when you become what I want to see you." True love is a gift that is given to you without demanding anything in return.

Love for a person means a need for him

If I am nothing without you, then my love for you cannot be called truly free. If you leave me, I will be sad and lonely, but I can survive. If I cannot survive without you, then I am not free and cannot question our relationship or criticize your actions. Afraid of losing you, I will be satisfied with less than I need, and this will lead to resentment.

True love is impossible without adequate self-esteem.

I cannot truly love another if I cannot love, appreciate, approve, accept and respect myself. If I have emptiness inside, I cannot offer the other anything but this emptiness. If I feel like a full-fledged person worthy of respect, I can share what I have with others. Some of the best ways to show your love is to celebrate together what I can share with him. To love means to understand that a loved one is capable of developing.

To love is to let go of the illusion of total control.

The more vigorously I strive for complete control, the less I succeed. Love involves giving up trying to control everything and everyone. It presupposes openness to the events that take place around us. This openness means that a person is able to wonder. To turn love into a prisoner of everyday life means to deprive it of passion and lose it forever.