If you want somebody to love you down to the core, you have to let them know you down to the core. You have to risk being rejected.

Likewise, if you want to love somebody down to the core, you have to get to know them down to the core. That looks like spending time, practicing patience, learning tolerance, and accepting somebody unconditionally.

Being loved down to the core and loving somebody else down to the core require that you know and love YOURSELF that way. … More

If you want to know how well he will love you, just look at how well he loves himself. Don’t look at how well he seems to love his mother, his kids, or his employees; he could have an agenda tied to that. Look at how well he cares for himself—body, mind, and spirit. Look at how much he knows and respects himself for who he is, not what he has, or what he has done. Look at how promptly he responds to his needs. Does he do it joyfully or begrudgingly.

He will love you as he loves himself! … More

If you’ve read my stuff, you know that I believe everybody is somebody’s “ten”! Are you YOUR ten yet? When you can see yourself that way, somebody else can, too! … More