True love includes a sense of responsibility, accepting the other person as they are, with all their strengths and weaknesses. Love is maitri, the capacity to bring joy and happiness, and karuna, the capacity to transform pain and suffering. It [love] is safe. It guarantees everything.
adapted from p 28 Thich Nhat Hanh, For a Future to be Possible.
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