I read this wonderful book The Gifts of Imperfections by Brene Brown. The book is amazing - encouraging, thought-provoking, honest, and challenging. I have never before read a book that invoked so much emotion - at times I was hopeful and happy and other times I felt incredibly angry and frustrated.But overall, I was inspired. I AM INSPIRED!
I have already gone back multiple times to reread parts to better understand myself.
One statement she made, as a part of her definition of love, has really stuck with me...perhaps because I SO want to believe it to be true, and in the same breath, I am petrified that it IS true. The quote is:
"Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them -
we can only love others as much as we love ourselves."
~Brene Brown
So, I am uber curious, what do you think?
Can we love others, only as much as we love ourselves?
