Iyanla Vanzant

There is always a little fear in the midst of being loved.

Loving and being loved is something to be ashamed of. More specifically, I am ashamed of myself for what I have done in the name of love.

The truth is that love is supportive and nurturing, not aggressive or demanding

You also realize that it is up to you to break the mold and unlearn what you have learned in order to create a new love model based on new information.

Reflect on the prices you’ve paid, to whom you have paid them, and what it really has cost you. You must also examine how your behaviors and expectations have paid off in terms of what you have allowed yourself to do in order to get what you thought was love.

This is the most miserable meantime of all! The one you sit in, stew in, find yourself in when you have done all the right things and gotten the wrongresults!

although fraught with anxiety and stress that make them seem unbearable, are emotionally and spiritually profitable.

When you are in the meantime, you must not make time an urgent matter.

the clock stops and you are put on God’s divine schedule.

Why? Because you have been working with the wrong equipment, for the wrong reason, with the wrong intent—that’s why!