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Pieces of Wisdom from The Book of Love: LOVE: The Word We Have Forgotten How to Honour – A Book by Gerald Crawford (2026)

20 Little Pieces of Wisdom from The Book of Love

1. Love Begins With God

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Before we search for love in another person, we can discover the deepest source of love within our relationship with God. When we understand that we are already loved, we stop begging others to prove our worth.

#Love #LoveGod #BookOfLove #SpiritualWisdom


2. Love Yourself First

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Loving yourself is not selfish. It is learning to treat yourself with the same compassion, patience and kindness that you so freely offer to others.

#SelfLove #Love #Healing #BookOfLove


3. You Cannot Give What You Have Not Received

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Sometimes we struggle to love others because we have never learned how to receive love ourselves. Allow yourself to experience love before expecting yourself to give it perfectly.

#Love #SelfAwareness #Relationships #BookOfLove


4. Love Is a Choice

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Love is more than a feeling. Feelings change. Real love is also found in the choices we make when the excitement fades: to listen, to understand, to forgive and to remain kind.

#LoveIsAChoice #Relationships #Wisdom #BookOfLove


5. Stop Looking for Someone to Complete You

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Another person is not meant to complete you. A healthy relationship is not two incomplete people searching for completion. It is two people learning to share what they already carry within themselves.

#Relationships #SelfLove #Love #PersonalGrowth


6. Love Does Not Need Perfection

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We often believe we must become perfect before we deserve love. But love does not wait for perfection. Love meets us where we are and invites us to grow.

#UnconditionalLove #Healing #Love #BookOfLove


7. Your Relationship With Yourself Matters

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The voice you use when you speak to yourself becomes the environment in which you live. Speak to yourself with kindness. You deserve to live in a place of inner peace.

#SelfLove #InnerPeace #SelfAwareness #Love


8. Love Listens

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Sometimes the greatest gift we can give another person is not advice, correction or an answer. It is simply the willingness to listen and say, “I hear you.”

#Love #Communication #Relationships #Wisdom


9. Love Is Not Control

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When love becomes control, fear has entered the relationship. True love allows another person to remain themselves while choosing to walk beside them.

#HealthyRelationships #Love #Freedom #BookOfLove


10. Forgiveness Creates Space for Love

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Forgiveness does not mean pretending that nothing happened. It means choosing not to allow yesterday’s pain to control today’s heart.

#Forgiveness #Healing #Love #LettingGo


11. Love Your Neighbour

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Loving your neighbour begins with recognising their humanity. They have fears, wounds, dreams and struggles—just as you do. Compassion begins when we stop judging and start understanding.

#LoveYourNeighbour #Compassion #Love #Humanity


12. Love Is Seen in the Small Things

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Love does not always arrive with grand gestures. Sometimes love is a cup of coffee, a gentle touch, a listening ear, a kind word or simply being present.

#ActsOfLove #Relationships #Love #BookOfLove


13. You Teach People How to Love You

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The boundaries you establish, the respect you demand and the way you respect yourself all communicate what you will and will not accept in a relationship.

#Boundaries #SelfRespect #Relationships #SelfLove


14. Do Not Confuse Need With Love

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Need says, “I cannot live without you.” Love says, “I choose to share my life with you.” There is tremendous freedom in knowing the difference.

#Love #Relationships #EmotionalWisdom #BookOfLove


15. Love Requires Courage

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To love deeply is to become vulnerable. It takes courage to open your heart, tell the truth, apologise, forgive and allow another person to truly see you.

#Courage #Love #Vulnerability #Relationships


16. Love Grows Where Judgment Ends

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Every person carries a story we may know nothing about. Before judging someone, remember that you are looking at one chapter of a much larger story.

#Compassion #LoveYourNeighbour #Wisdom #Humanity


17. Sometimes Love Means Letting Go

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Not every relationship is meant to last forever. Sometimes loving yourself means having the courage to release what continually destroys your peace.

#LettingGo #SelfLove #Healing #Love


18. Love Is an Everyday Practice

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You do not build a loving relationship in one extraordinary moment. You build it through hundreds of ordinary moments where you choose kindness, patience, honesty and presence.

#Love #Relationships #DailyWisdom #BookOfLove


19. Start With Love, Not Fear

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Fear asks, “What if I get hurt?” Love asks, “What can I learn, give and experience here?” When we live from love rather than fear, our relationships begin to change.

#LoveOverFear #PersonalGrowth #Relationships #BookOfLove


20. The Journey of Love Has Three Directions

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The journey of love begins with Love God, continues with Love Yourself, and flows outward into Love Your Neighbour. When these three come into alignment, love becomes more than something we seek—it becomes something we live.

#LoveGod #LoveYourself #LoveYourNeighbour #BookOfLove

Gerald Crawford in Stellenbosch

Gerald Crawford in Stellenbosch

My Personal Motto Is: With experience and study comes insight with insight come wisdom with wisdom comes moments of absolute clarity, transcendence then follows.

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