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I love someone who does not love me back. What should I do?

Master Kosen – Published on April 1 – love-and-sexuality

Question

I love someone who does not love me back. What should I do?

Anonymous

Master Kosen’s answer

It is impossible for someone you sincerely love without asking anything in return not to love you back. But be clear about the difference between loving, desiring, and wanting to be loved. A proverb of the Aymara people of Bolivia says: love is something you give, not something you ask for.

Kosen


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