Iyanla Vanzant - In the Meantime (1998)

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You have set standards for how you want to be treated and what you expect from yourself and for yourself.

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You can never love anyone to your own detriment. That is not love, that is possession, control, fear, or a combination of them all.

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Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother.

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You are the love you seek. You are the companionship you desire. You are your own completion, your own wholeness. You are your best friend, your confidant. 'You are,' as poetess Audre Lourde wrote, 'the one that you are looking for.' You are the only one who can do what you are looking for someone else to do.

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Sooner or later, we must all accept the fact that in a relationship, the only person you are dealing with is yourself.

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All relationships have the same basic components: people, needs, and expectations.

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When you are not happy where you are, and you are not quite sure if you want to leave or how to leave, you are in the meantime. Its a state of limbo. You are hanging on, ready to let go, afraid to fall, not wanting to hurt yourself, afraid you will hurt someone else. In the meantime, you pray the other person will let go first so that you will not feel guilty.

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You are always being prepared for something better or protected from something worse.

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In speaking the truth of your experience to another, it will serve you well to realize that how they choose to respond is not your responsibility.

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