Love will almost always ultimately demand that one engages in a level of relationship with the other person. This relationship often leads to getting to know the other person better. The most important step to knowing the other person is knowing oneself first! Do you know who you really are? By "knowing who you really are", I mean discovering what you are inside, your strengths as well as weaknesses, your potentials as well as limitations. This can be achieved by removing the "mask" (if any) we have put on because we wanted other people to see us from a certain perspective.
It is hard to accept this, but society would want us to be somebody we are not! Oscar Wilde put it this way: "Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinion, their lives, a mimicry...". I think it is a virtue, trying to be oneself. It could be quite challenging because by default, we tend to try to "flow into the mould" created by society so we can be accepted! There are relatively acceptable norms and ways of life, but I always tell people in love (or who want to start a new relationship), "be yourself", and let him or her love you or not love you! Follow me on subsequent posts to learn why!
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