“It may seem that love makes emotional wrecks of us all, that it wakes us with fire and smothers us with the fear of its absence; but that is not love. Love is aware of loss and yet it pulls you in closer. Love is realizing that everyone needs it, that all are worthy of […]
“If you only connect deeply in relationships when there is a crisis or shared grievance, you are training your subconscious to practice psychological stress so that you have an excuse to be loved. You don’t need an excuse. You exist, and that is the best reason there is. It is not about believing you deserve love. It is about feeling, practicing, training your psyche to feel love whether ideal conditions are present or not, which is the best contribution to your life, your relationships and the world you can make.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“There is no suffering for joy, no path of trials you must go through in order to deserve it. The only sacrifice for joy is in the surrendering of the idea that it has a price or that it must somehow be earned. Joy and bliss and love are yours now, simply because you exist.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Betrayal and hurt are merely signs you are missing information about the other person. Don’t make hurt a part of your personal identity. Rather accept you do not have all the answers, then let a revelation unfold about what you believe you are worth.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Those that demand the most from you usually give very little. They inadvertently play games of control and when you don’t play along, will blame you for their emptiness. But those who love authentically take you as you are and will ask nothing they are not ready and willing to give.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“What you have or do not have directly corresponds with what you feel worthy of. There is no physical sacrifice, only a psychological one.” -Amy Larson,
“Happiness, even bliss will pass your way; but if you feel undeserving of it, you will make great efforts to push it away, to keep it as distant as you would a harmful threat.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“You do not have to go through years of suffering to be worthy. Every joy is accessible to you now, every liberty and good feeling. You suffer, because you believe you are not worthy.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“The thing about loving someone, about laying your heart wide open and being so immutably vulnerable is that it unbolts the door to free and (paradoxically) unleash your deepest fear, which challenges any resolve to be worthy, to be loved, any determination to be seen and heard and felt. That’s when you face it. You […]