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David Richo is an American writer born in 1940. His works primarily focus on personal growth, spiritual cultivation, and interpersonal relationships, which are well-received by readers.

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“Most people think of love as a feeling, but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present.”

People Thinking Way Feelings Love Is

Book:The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them

Source: The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them

“Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or harmed by the other, at least not deliberately. We trust his or her good intentions, though we know we might be hurt by the way circumstances play out between us. We might say that hurt happens; it’s a given of life. Harm is inflicted; it’s a choice some people make.”

People Knows Way Believe Mean Play Might Happens Choices Given Hurt Circumstances Protect Intention Harm Good Intentions

Book:Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy

Source: Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy

“The more invested I am in my own ideas about reality, the more those experiences will feel like victimizations rather than the ups and downs of relating. Actually, I believe that the less I conceptualize things that way, the more likely it is that people will want to stay by me, because they will not feel burdened, consciously or unconsciously, by my projections, judgments, entitlements, or unrealistic expectations.”

People Way Want Feels Believe Ideas Reality I Believe My Own Judgment Expectations Projection Entitlement Ups & Downs Victimization Unrealistic Expectations

Book:Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy

Source: Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy

“At every stage of life, our inner self requires the nurturance of loving people attuned to our feelings and responsive to our needs who can foster our inner resources of personal power, lovability, and serenity. Those who love us understand us and are available to us with an attention, appreciation, acceptance, and affection we can feel. They make room for us to be who we are.”

People Needs Feels Self Feelings Rooms Attention Stage Acceptance Resources Affection Appreciation Available Who We Are Serenity Inner Self Personal Power Stages Of Life

Book:How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

Source: How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

“Relationships are not about how two people can survive each other but about how the whole world becomes more capable of love, with all its dim anguish and glowing rapture.”

People World Two Whole Capable Whole World Anguish Glowing Rapture

Book:How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

Source: How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

“Once we make our relationship choices in an adult way, a prospective partner who is unavailable, nonreciprocal, or not open to processing feelings and issues, becomes, by those very facts, unappealing. Once we love ourselves, people no longer look good to us unless they are good for us.”

People Way Looks Facts Feelings Choices Issues Adults Partners Our Relationship Processing

Book:How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

Source: How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving