The Importance of Gratitude

Every interaction is somebody saying, do you love me? And I think when the person says, yes, I love you. We relax. Now sometimes we conflate that with do you love the things I love? When we say, I don't love those things, then we take it personally and say, well, then you must not love me. In the same way that you not loving the things she loves doesn't mean you don't love her. It's that principle of seek first to understand before being understood. Seek first to show love before needing to receive love. That's all we're looking for. It's our business to be loved.