#conditional

Speaker calls the Christian counselor to look at each person as soul embodied with unique challenges that move us. This is not, he says, the first step before we get on to important business but vital in and of itself. ↗

— Ed Welch

#business

A mother's love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever. ↗

— Revathi Sankaran

#motherhood #unconditional-love #love

If you have realistic ideals and can generally live up to them, your self-esteem will not be threatened. If your ideals are exaggerated and you cannot reach them, your good feelings from successes may be short lived, and you may feel that you are never good enough. The continued hope for the impossible, the expectation that you will or can be unconditionally loved and adored, is not facing reality but rather holding onto an idealized image of yourself and an idealized version of what others can provide. If this is the case, your sense of self may be threatened by shame and its resulting depression, or by feelings of inadequacy for not living up to your unrealistic ideals. A better understanding of shame may help you recognize your tendency to hide what you feel from yourself and others. ↗

— Mary C. Lamia

#ideals #self-esteem #shame #unconditional-love #love

You were born in an absolute state of pure innocence, and unconditional love ↗

— Martin Suarez

#born #innocence #love #pure #pureness

If someone is facing a difficult time, one of the kindest things you can do for him or her is to say, “I’m just going to love you through this. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#difficult-time #honor #joy #kindest #kindness

It is all for naught, if not for love. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#honor #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy #love

Love and truth are intimately connected. You cannot have pure love without pure truth and you cannot have pure truth without pure love. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#inspiration #inspirational-quotes #intimacy #love #soulmates

One of the nicest things you can do to kick-start your children’s day is to tell them honestly they look nice as they head out the door. This easy, five-second exchange says to your child: “I see you; I notice you; I love you. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#honesty #joy #kick-start #kindness #love

One of the nicest things you can do is to speak kind words about someone behind his or her back. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#backstabbing #kindness #love #nice #nice-people

The only thing that keeps us from a place of joy is an illusion, the illusion of fear. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#happiness #illusion #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy