Acceptance and Will

[Edinburgh]

How can you love someone who is hurting you?
(3) then expressing love.

I would add that you have to best determine the way to do this, as there is a balance between loving them, while also loving yourself.

I have tried to exercise total acceptance to see if it would transform someone, and if they would finally "get it".

It doesn't always work. You have to know when to love yourself, and walk away. There comes a point when someone's service is no longer beneficial to you, and you are not beneficial to them.

Yes, I am with you on this one. I've also tried 'total love' and you are right. Sometimes you have to walk away. Still expressing love, but adding some wisdom to the mix, and denying the other. It's hard to make that decision sometimes, but ever so important to make it.