Sunday, December 19, 2021

the beginning of love







.


The beginning of love 
is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, 
and not to twist them to fit our own image. 


Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.








~ Thomas Merton
sketch by the author





1 comments:

Mystic Meandering said...

Wow - indeed... Words I needed to hear today dealing with an alcoholic sibling... She is who she is... Learning to accept and navigate, and set boundaries :)