How to Love Yourself and Break Your Relationship Patterns
âAnd still, after all this time, the Sun has never said to the Earth, âYou owe me.â Look what happens with a love like that. It lights up the sky.â ~Rumi
I grew up believing love was conditional. My grandmother, as much as I adored her, was extremely controlling, and unless I met her high standards of behavior and gave her a certain level of attention, she treated me with coldness.
Whenever she disapproved of my behavior, she would tell me, âI love you, but I donât like you.â As if she had a switch she could turn on and …