Loving What Is

People suffer because of love all their lives: they look for love, try to keep it, or try to get rid of it.
From childhood, most of us spend the lion’s share of our energy on the ruthless pursuit of recognition and approval—doing our best to be noticed, to please other people, to impress them, and to win their love, believing that this is the only way to live.

Katie’s best discovery is this: when you finally examine your thoughts about love, you realize the world is much kinder than you imagined—and there’s no need to live in fear and wake up anxious. When you truly start looking around, it turns out the world is full of love—and this love is boundless.