Mine, part 1.

We are hesitant to allow each other freedom. If you are too free, you are free from me. “Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

I believe that we cannot understand love to the fullest if we try to possess it. It is scary to loosen our grip, but it’s necessary. It is not only for the other person, but for ourselves. When we realize that we cannot possess the other and allow them autonomy, we think that we are freeing them, but really, we are the ones that are freed.

I don’t possess my husband, my children, my friends they are their own persons and like them, I cannot be possessed. We can’t limit each other with prisons of fear.

When this disposition towards the other takes place, we realize that we can be a true friend and companion. I will have your back, I will cheer you on, I will desire the best for you, because I won’t fear your success. I won’t fear you moving on, I will live in the present and take joy in what we have together.

The more I love, the better. The less I fear, the better.

To be continued…