The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
Thomas Merton
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Mindfulbalance 
What a great quote. really made me think. i think that’s true. Osho says some things like that too – about how love is appreciating who a person really is and not trying to cling to them or some false image of them we have created in our heads.