Love With All Your Heart But Please Don't Be A Martyr

Philippines
November 17, 2009 4:07am CST
Love unconditionally, as the wise men would say. But loving unconditionally does not mean martyrdom or foolishness. Loving unconditionally, in my own opinion is giving all your love without expecting to be love in the way you have given it, or receiving love in return. But when you let someone hurt you either emotionally or physically over and over and over again, then, that is another story.Give love but do not forget to love yourself, too.
4 responses
dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
17 Nov 09
Great thoughts! Eureka! We should love others but not at the cost of others. We should not sacrifice all our pleasures for the sake of others. Our own life is equally important and we should indulge in those activities, which give us pleasure, irrespective of the fact whether others like it or not. And there is nothing wrong in expecting from others, after all we are human beings not saints............LOL!
eurekafemme
@eurekafemme (5874)
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
We are all equally important in the eyes of God. We must realize our self worth and believe that we are worthy to receive the best, at least this is what I am expecting if only I have to expect at all. LOL. I don't settle for less... :-( Thank you so much, Deepak, for sharing your thoughts over this matter.:-) I greatly appreciate it.:-)
dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
18 Nov 09
You are right we all are equal in the eyes of God and we should not settle for less.......LOL! Thanks for your appreciating my response eureka!
archana_shakthi
@archana_shakthi (88)
• India
17 Nov 09
you are 100% true.. A friend of mine had passed away resently b'coz of this attitude.. That made me realize that i should first love myself and then give the rest to others.. Its better to learn from others experience
eurekafemme
@eurekafemme (5874)
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
Hello, Archana:-) Firstly, sorry to hear about your friend... It is a sad thing that we learned life and our lessons the hard way sometimes... I'm glad, though, that you realize your self value before something miserable happens to you, too. God bless and thank you.;-)
rg0205
@rg0205 (2636)
• Hong Kong
18 Nov 09
Very well said. I admit to being a martyr in my last relationship. I wanted so badly to save what we had left but I realized it wasn't worth it. In the end, I dumped the guy because he had taken me for granted one too many times. In the whole experience, I realized that I should love myself more and not pour all of what I have into one person.
ishme4nowz
@ishme4nowz (679)
• United States
3 Dec 09
I completely agree with you. When you love, definitely love with all your heart but don't be foolish and think that it's okay for you to get hurt in the process. You have to care about yourself and how you feel too. Love another but don't sacrifice yourself in the process.