The beginning of love
is to let those we love
be perfectly themselves,
and not to twist them to
fit our own image.
Otherwise we love only
the reflection of ourselves
we find in them.
~Thomas Merton: No Man is an Island
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The Beginning of Love
December 24, 2007 by heartsdeesire
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