action and how you treat another.
warmth
praise
respect + worth
pride
honor
glory
sacrifice + self-sacrifice
kindness + compassion
caring + empathy
considerate of others' feelings
sensitivity
validation
enriching + nurturing
comforting + reassuring
listening
sharing
intimacy
compromise
taking turns
trust + honesty
loyalty
self-less
self-restraint
consistent
reliable
dependable
safe
trustworthy
mindful
thoughtful
give + take
paying attention
solidity + unity
permanence
unselfish
putting someone else first before yourself / #1 priority
the ability to be weak - not always strong in front of another
need
commitment
belief + faith in another person beside yourself
connection
truth + sincerity
not wanting the other to hurt
comforting the other when hurt
admitting mistakes + making amends
saying you are sorry and meaning it, without asking or expectation + without feeling 'obligated'
acceptance
accepting someone for who they are
acknowledging anothers feelings, thoughts, ideas, opinions, or hurt and accepting that whether you agree or not.
understanding
trying to see another's point of view outside of your own even if you don't understand or 'get it' and respecting that person and their feelings.
thinking before you speak or act.
love is NOT:
selfish
self-serving
self-absorbed
self-righteous
one-sided or one-way
callous
cruel or un-feeling
insensitive
coldhearted
devoid of feeling
demeaning
close-minded (or deaf)
dishonorable
disrespectful
guilt trips
complaining
stubborn
ignorant of others needs or feelings /shutting your partner out /disconnecting when you feel like it
casual or thoughtless
stingy / held back/ withdrawn
devalue-ing another
diminishing others feelings
downplaying what another feels or needs
trivializing another's feelings and expecting someone else to feel the same as you in all situations of life
degradation
deprivation
desensitization
Wear the grudge like a crown of negativity.
Calculate what we will or will not tolerate.
Desperate to control all and everything.
Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.
Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
Justify denials and grip 'em to the lonesome end.
Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
Terrified of being wrong. Ultimatum prison cell.
Saturn ascends, choose one or ten. Hang on or be humbled again.
Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
Justify denials and grip 'em to the lonesome end.
Saturn ascends, comes round again.
Saturn ascends, the one, the ten. Ignorant to the damage done.
Wear the grudge like a crown of negativity.
Calculate what we will or will not tolerate.
Desperate to control all and everything.
Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.
Wear the grudge like a crown. Desperate to control.
Unable to forgive. And we're sinking deeper.
Defining, confining, controlling, and we're sinking deeper.
Saturn comes back around to show you everything
Let's you choose what you will not see and then
Drags you down like a stone or lifts you up again
Spits you out like a child, light and innocent.
Saturn comes back around. Lifts you up like a child or
Drags you down like a stone
To consume you till you choose to let this go.
Give away the stone.
Let the oceans take and transmutate this cold and fated anchor.
Give away the stone.
Let the waters kiss and transmutate these leaden grudges into gold.
Let go.
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plaintive \PLAYN-tiv\, adjective:
Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.