Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter

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Are You Loving from Wholeness or from Wounds?

Are You Loving from Wholeness or from Wounds?

The difference between soul-level giving and self-sacrificing patterns.

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Jul 14, 2025
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Are You Loving from Wholeness or from Wounds?
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Love is a sacred act.

But it is not always a clean one.

Sometimes it is tangled.

Sometimes it is loud with old ghosts.

Sometimes it is less about connection,

and more about coping.

And when we say “I love you”

Sometimes what we really mean is,

“Don’t leave.”

“Please make me feel enough.”

“Let me prove I am worthy this time.”

So let me ask you. Softly, but honestly:

Are you loving from your wholeness…or from your wounds?


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