Lessons Every Woman Needs to Know About Love: Lesson 1
I am delighted to welcome this Guest Post by the amazing Tanner Kennedy from Charleston, South Carolina! Be sure to check out her new book just released!
(This is Lesson 1 of 5 of Lessons Every Woman Needs to Know About Love)
AGAPE LOVE
Unconditional love, also known as agape love, is the highest and purest form of love. It is selfless love given with no expectations in return.
One of our deepest needs as a human is to be loved unconditionally. And we will go to extraordinary lengths looking to find it.
The fact is… most of us ARE loved unconditionally – by our parents (and for some of us, our dogs). The love a parent has for a child remains no matter what the circumstances. In most cases, unconditional love between a parent and child just comes naturally and willingly.
However, it is much harder to experience agape love in an intimate relationship. We often have expectations of our partner and once they are not fulfilled, we withdraw our love in some way or another.
We all have moments of agape love with our partners, but remaining in this state is something very few people have mastered.
Unconditionally loving your partner regardless of the conditions and the wrongs that have been done to you takes an immense amount of patience, a deep understanding of your partner’s point of view mixed with a few hard lessons along the way.
Loving your partner unconditionally does not mean that either of you give up your needs in a relationship. Your needs should still be fulfilled in an intimate relationship. You should not suffer at the expense of your partner.
In some circumstances, unconditional love may mean letting go to find a better match.
If you are not fulfilled there is no way you can create a loving and happy environment for the both of you. In essence, you are letting go because you love them and want them to be fulfilled by a better suited partner. You can let go and still have unconditional love in your heart for that person.
BETTER YOUR RELATIONSHIP
We are all human and we all make mistakes. And we all want unconditional love. Love that is there even when we aren’t at our best. To understand your partner’s humanness and still love them as they learn and grow is a good start towards agape love.
Essentially, agape love is something to strive for in our intimate relationships. A state to works towards. A journey towards a better relationship.
Agape love is the love that can change a life. Agape love says I love you and nothing you do will ever change that fact. Agape love is pure.
Wouldn’t you want to be able to give that beautiful gift to your partner? A chance to experience the deepest form of love on earth.
Tanner Kennedy is a dating and relationship coach with the mission to help women create the love life they desire through self-love and the law of attraction. In her recently published book, The Modern Woman’s Roadmap to Love, she shares the specific skills and techniques that allow women to be in the driver’s seat to create her ultimate relationship. Tanner lives in Charleston, SC where she enjoys the being surrounding by the beauty of nature and the warm weather.