“You don’t lose power
by loving someone.
You reclaim it.
There is no power you can yield over another,
except that which you imagine…

If you want a happy relationship with anyone,
love them as they are.
You don’t have to do
what you don’t want to do.
But if you deny them love
because they are not meeting your expectation,
you are denying the Divine
not only in them
but in oneself."

— Paul Selig
Alchemy