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Betrayal blindness

People you can trust: Show up on time Don't flake last minute Back up their words with action Are responsible Are consistent These are habits. These are little things. When you choose to engage in a relationship with someone you can't trust, you've probably got betrayal blindness. It's not about them - it's about you choosing to trust someone untrustworthy.

When love is not enough

Love and passion are important  AND Opposites attract but similarities bond. You’ve got to look at the person You need to evaluate the connection Ask these questions: 1.         Can they do the job? 2.        Will they do the job well long-term?  Are your goals aligned? Is their nature aligned to the job? 3.        Is it the right team fit? Are your top 2 needs compatible?  Ex. Love and contribution do not go well with significance and certainty.

Needy

To those people who are constantly thinking about how others can meet their needs... - ask yourself how much love you're giving - ask yourself how many needs you're meeting - ask yourself if you can regulate your own emotions - ask yourself if you set people up to win with you, or if no matter what they do, they always seem to lose - ask yourself if you're more committed to your sadness, anger and disappointment than to changing your behaviour - ask yourself if you radiate joy or simply drain others of theirs - ask yourself why everyone needs to change except your expectations - ask yourself if you're as grateful and appreciative of the gifts in your life as you think you are - ask yourself if the environment you create through your thoughts, words and actions is good for you and those around you. Be honest with yourself. Look a little harder at all the ways you're closed off, all the ways you hurt others, all the blind spots you repeatedly miss. Do you h...

Thankful for the best kind of love

The best kind of love makes you better. It transforms you into the kind of person who can love so much that you will give what it hurts the most to give, and still keep loving. It makes you gentler, and more honest; it brings peace and vitality. It makes you generous and vulnerable and hopeful. It is unconditional friendship and electric passion wrapped in kindness. When someone lights you up like that and inspires you to be a light for others, that is something to be thankful for every moment of forever. Be grateful for the opportunity to love someone the way they always wanted to be loved. And if you are ever in a situation where that feeling is mutual, you should do absolutely everything in your power not to let it go. I do not say this lightly. There is no better life than one spent with the person who makes the best of you come alive. That sort of love is once-in-a-dozen lifetimes, soul-connection rare. That kind of love is real and it does exist; and whether it lasts 5 months o...