"The Greatest Love of All..." is inside of me! -Whitney Houston

Very nice quote, thanks for sharing!

"I want to see the same person whose reflection I see in your eyes when I look in the mirror."

Those are very fitting quotes too, koolman and debmitchell. You're welcome foundlove, thank you also.

I lovingly agree, alas though, I've yet to meet up with her again, and doubt that I ever will. She was my first love, and my only unconditional love, woe is me. Sob along with me, go on, I dare you to.

I thought you were going to say that the greatest love is the love to yourself....I am in the journey of learning that, because until you love and accept yourself completely no one will love you the way you deserve and your relationships wont be healthy...Its hard work! but the only route to get there...

Interesting perspective, Loving myself.

" Until you love and accept yourself completely, no one will ever love you the way you deserve"

I don't agree with that statement because.. People don't love you for how YOU are, they love you if they are a person capable of love.

Take for example a Father or a Mother who abandons a child. Did they not "love" that child because the child had not learned to accept themselves yet? Of course not! It's never about us when people love us, it's always about the person doing the loving!! Some people just aren't capable of it. Why we as humans think anything is about "us" is a great mystery .

People are running around trying to find a person to meet their own needs and they are just calling it love.

Think about it

Oh sorry to get off topic, Diane!


That is a very good quote!

The book the Four Agreements says people should never try to change each other. If a person isn't just as you like them from the get go... it says.." Don't be with that person" lol.. easier said than done though because people are always a mix of things we like and things we don't!

I love myself and find nothing hard about it at all to do, it is why I am happily single as no woman alive could love me the way I do.

In order to be loved I would have thought you would need to be lovable by the person who loves you, but hey, what would I know?

I don't find anything difficult about loving myself or being with myself either.........and I really have a hard time with people who can't be alone.

I take issue with "the love you deserve"..........no one "deserves" anything....love is a gift. this "deserves" thing is hand in hand with "we're all special" and is part of the entitlement generation. the OP's quote is on that "gift" theme from my perspective....and it's true - unconditional acceptance/love is an enormous gift, and the people capable of giving it are truly divine people. To be loved unconditionally is rare, and it allows a person to blossom.

And by the way - if we're all special, then none of us are. That's the way that sentence works.

I really appreciate everyone's comments. You all have given me more good food for thought!

I agree that we should all try to have a healthy level of self love, without becoming demanding.

Balance in all things, ya know! Not always easy to achieve.

I think we often get what we give...so giving unconditional love and being a lovable person are important. But it's hard to do consistently!

I'm just finding out what that quote means. After getting out of a bad relationship a month ago, I've realized I've fallen for my best friend of the last year and she also sings in my band.

I wish you the best, Stressedguy! It's amazing how we find love (or it finds us), sometimes when we least expect it. You've spent a year building a solid friendship, which is often the best basis for a romantic relationship.