Your Being, Your Existence: Don't Lose Yourself in Love
Your Being, Your Existence: Don't Lose Yourself in Love Sometimes in relationships, it begins to feel as though our being or not being makes no difference. That to the other person, our presence carries no special significance. That our absence would go unnoticed. To cling to such a relationship—to stay where we are not respected, where our identity is erased—is to compromise our own self-respect. When Your "Being" Ceases to Matter Every person has their own existence. Our thoughts, our feelings, our presence—these are what make us unique. When we start to feel in a relationship that our being no longer holds meaning, it is a warning bell. This is not to say that devotion or sacrifice in love is wrong. But there is a fundamental difference between devotion and self-obliteration. Love, But Not at the Cost of Yourself True love is when two whole individuals choose to walk together. It is not a union of two halves. Love that requires completely losing oneself, di...