How does one know if a relationship is based on love and is worth developing?
No one has the final word on love, but consider the following points in deciding if you really love someone:
- Do they bring joy to your heart when you think of them?
- Do you want to make them happy?
- Will you love them for what they are and not try to change them? Will you let them be as they are and not what you want them to be?
- Young people tend to fall in love with their ideal of love. This means that one has the ideal of a Prince Charming who is really a toad. Not all Prince Charmings are toads, and not all toads are Prince Charmings.
- Don’t forget your self-worth. How do they treat you—like a treasure or someone to be used?
Love is the expression of ECK, Divine Spirit, on earth, and these points should give you a fairly good opportunity to see what kind of relationship you are in.
—Sri Harold Klemp