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Originally Posted by CantExplain
Thinking a bit more...
The middle board is revealing because it is all about acceptance.
I actually told Madame T early on that what I wanted (especially from my mother) was acceptance. She thought what I really wanted was love. She was wrong. Acceptance is correct. My mother loved me but did not accept me.
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I'm turning this over in my mind. I honor your reality and perception while I wonder if real love can exist without acceptance. If we turn away from a facet (or all) of the one we say we love, are we not depriving them of unconditional, holistic love?
Perhaps they can act... loving, but is there love in denial? I think love is more likely to come from acceptance, that acceptance is the opening stage of the process of real love.
Or perhaps what one gets without acceptance is a blind love, a handicapped love....