{"id":16902,"date":"2019-12-25T13:42:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T13:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/?p=16902"},"modified":"2022-04-03T08:54:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T08:54:14","slug":"the-language-of-love-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/?p=16902","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts About Love&#8230;&#x2665;&#xfe0f;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#3e3e3e;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/80223429_2488661811460551_5045661810506596352_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/80223429_2488661811460551_5045661810506596352_n-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/80223429_2488661811460551_5045661810506596352_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/80223429_2488661811460551_5045661810506596352_n-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/80223429_2488661811460551_5045661810506596352_n-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/80223429_2488661811460551_5045661810506596352_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the following words may sound banal to you, but I keep finding myself forgetting such simple and fundamental truths in the rush of everyday life &#8230;<br \/>\nIt is good to remember them in a quiet hour &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At the end of our lives, the only thing that ever had meaning will be the love we gave and received as a gift.<br \/>\nOn our journey into the other world we will only take love with us and the only thing we leave behind in this world will be the love that we offered&#8230; nothing else &#8230;<br \/>\nLove is the greatest gift &#8230; it gives meaning to our life &#8230; it makes life worth living &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If we want to be loved, we have to love &#8230;. ourselves, others and life &#8230;<br \/>\nWe will not find love in others until we find it in ourselves &#8230;<br \/>\nIt is not relationships that bring us love, BUT WE BRING LOVE INTO OUR RELATIONSHIPS&#8230;.<br \/>\nWhen we are full of love, affectionate relationships arise &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To truly love another, we need to understand, know and respect each other&#8230;<br \/>\nAnd be sincerely interested in our partner\u2019s welfare.<\/p>\n<p>In love we can only see the most important things with our heart &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Many people don\u2019t dare to love because they fear the pain that separation and loss brings.<br \/>\nThat means, we do not approach people because we fear rejection, we do not talk about our feelings because we have fear of making a fool of ourselves, and we do not relate because we fear the loss &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To get love, we should let go of our fears and take the opportunity that opens up to us &#8230;<br \/>\nIt takes courage, alertness and awareness &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Without love, it can be very cold and lonely in the world. 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