RELATIONSHIPS ARE SPIRITUAL OPPORTUNITIES, NOT AN EXCHANGE OF NEEDS.
Many of us have the false idea that the purpose of a relationship is to meet our needs and fulfill our desires in some way.
This transaction-based model of relationships is why so many of them seem empty and despondent, because there's nothing real and intimate about them. Relationships are a spiritual opportunity for personal evolution.
There is no better chance to discover your capacity for love, forgiveness, compassion, complete self-expression and personal greatness.
Nowhere else will you find the biggest and the smallest part yourself. Nowhere else will you be confronted with self-imposed limits on intimacy.
Nowhere else can you forgive yourself so deeply or love so purely. That is the true purpose of a relationship, to serve mutual personal growth and the ultimate expression of each individual.
It's a chance to share your enthusiasm for being alive and give yourself to someone else.
Relationships provide an opportunity to illuminate some part of yourself that has long been obscured by fear and sadness; to contemplate the greatness of another person so that he can enter the magnificence of his soul and want to express himself.
In this way, the relationship becomes the greatest tool for personal discovery and spiritual growth.
~ Unknown
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"When you completely accept this moment, when you no longer argue with what is, the compulsion to think lessens and is replaced by an alert stillness." - Eckhart Tolle
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Born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
The skinny Portuguese boy who made all of us fall in love with the beautiful game.
The all time top scorer in the history of football.
The all time top scorer in the history of international football.
A once in a lifetime type of footballer. A generational talent.
The most influential athlete of all time and the biggest name this game has ever seen.
HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY, CRISTIANO RONALDO DOS SANTOS AVEIRO. ❤️🐐
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