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I think the primary work of Jesus Christ was to show us a path of self-giving love that is bigger than our fears, bigger than our jealousies and resentments, and bigger than our worst thoughts and deeds. By love I mean neither neither a milquetoast “kindness” that elides the hard bits nor a graceless “tough-love” program for perfection. 

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Worth repeating over and over: Love for yourself is not, and cannot be, love for a reason. It cannot have any justification. If it has a reason or justification, that's not unconditional love. It's not about your qualities. Newborns deserve love. You deserve newborn love.

the next stage of capitalism is love love your customer and your supplier love your investor and your lender and your creditor charge fair market price with heartfelt gratitude, pay fair market price with heartfelt gratitude love capitalism https://t.co/fpILvFa4AP

to love someone is to attend a thousand births of the people they’re becoming

Heuristic for if you have self-love (that I’ve seen a bunch of people reach!): walking around alone feels kind of like walking with someone you have a crush on

Ok so my mind is exploding and I need to share it: we're all confused because we think of love as romantic love (eros) instead of self-less love (agape). This is why you can't love yourself, and how you can:

Love is this deep knowing in my bones that I am because everything else is. Love is taking responsibility to allow all that is to fully unfold and express itself. “To fall in love outwardly”, because we can feel the unconditional love that the land gifts us if we allow our hearts to be open and fully receive.

love taught me that balancing the tension between unfolding my individuality and fusing with the greater whole is the sacred work of being alive.