Wow!!! Thank you all for your wonderful words here! I'm really enjoying everything you all have to say and it's making me think deeper and deeper about unconditional love.

I also believe that in order to have unconditional love for another, we must remove our own conditions for ourselves. In other words, as Edahn said, we cannot give unconditional love to others unless we first accept ourselves unconditionally. Warts and all (and I have plenty of them! LOL)

Acceptance doesn't mean perfection. So to me, it is possible to love another unconditionally when they are not perfect and I am not perfect. This also brings to the table the fact that no matter how much we can love another unconditionally, the other may put into place road blocks to receiving that love and it makes it difficult to continue the relationship.

I have a question - Because we are imperfect and we make mistakes, does that mean unconditional love changes?

Make that two questions - Because in life, there are outside influences which can help to break a relationship, does that negate unconditional love?


sabby