This is stronger because it is based on fact, not hopes. Each of us can know, as truth, that we are worthy of being perfectly loved. Each of us can identify and cherish the qualities of our character that make us lovable. Each of us can study the 10 keys to perfect love and become an expert in living them, whether we have a love-mate at the moment or not. Each of us can affirm this right for every woman and man on this planet.
Nothing speaks to our children more powerfully than our example.
If we are willing to sacrifice our spiritual right to be perfectly loved, we will teach our children that genuine love is impossible. Both of my inherited daughters have had relationships with men who treated them with great disrespect. Why they stayed so long in these relationships drove Shannon and me nuts. I wrote The Love You Deserve for the entire universe, but I was thinking of and loving my two lovely daughters every word of the way. That's why the book is so direct and intimate.