We all want to be loved well. We all want to feel appreciated, cherished and cared for. This is completely normal, understandable, and is completely okay. It’s equally important to ensure that you are also loving those in your life well.
Love is a two-way street. Love is given as well as received. While none of us is perfect, healthy relationships are built with healthy love, and that has to come from you and whoever you’re in a relationship with. Sometimes it may not be easy to love the people The Lord has placed in your life, sometimes it’s challenging and sometimes you may even feel as though you don’t know how to love someone in your life well.
In these moments, one of the things I encourage you to do is sit down and have a conversation with your loved one. Clarity allows you and whoever else is involved to be on the same page, which makes loving each other easier than if you weren’t. If you don’t know how to love them well, ask them honestly and curiously how you can love them well. Be open, patient and kind. Pay attention to the things that are important to them and give attention to their boundaries as well. The boundaries they have may look different to yours, and that’s okay, but it’s important that care and respect is given to all sides. Purposely seek to learn how to love them well and allow them to learn how to love you well also.
When you choose to love well you are choosing to put the health of your relationship as a priority as well as the person you’re loving. When you choose to love well and you lean into spaces where you’re loved well, it makes life feel so much more full and rich, and you deserve to have that. ♥️