...but as soon as you begin to love yourself, you stop asking whether or not someone else loves you. ~Krishnamurti
Our relationships, especially when we're young, are often a reflection of our needs and insecurities to feel whole and worthy. We may think what we feel is love, but it is actually attachment, an intense craving to have someone devote themselves to us. Yet as Tenzin Palmo explains, "Attachment is the very opposite of love. Love says, 'I want you to be happy.' Attachment says, 'I want you to make me happy.'" The Mother (Mary) symbolizes a selfless love that reaches out to give rather than to grab. The kind of care and nurturing she represents is rooted in self-compassion, a trait that keeps our own cup full so we don't demand someone else fill it for us.
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