"Family Talk Wednesday" "Love Outside-In vs. Love Inside-Out"

Do You LOVE From The Inside Out Or The Outside In?

This may sound like a strange question, but when you realize that there are different ways of loving and that all love is not equal, it is life transforming.

Whether you’re on a spiritual path or any path for that matter, one of the most common things we hear is that love is all there really is. We here it in songs, books, on posters, and pretty much anywhere and everywhere.

We learn that our true nature is love and that when we stray from our true nature, we will suffer and be unhappy in some way.

It wasn’t until I was in my early 50’s and started questioning who’s responsible for what that I began to realize that there is a difference between loving from the inside out and the outside in.

What is the difference between these two perspectives on love?

When we love from the outside in we come from the perspective that it is the other person’s responsibility to make us feel loved. If we don’t feel loved, it is their fault and we are the “victim”.