Ann BrasharesWhen you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you really loved them.
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When you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you really loved them. It is the feeling of empathy and compassion for another person that makes love flourish. Love is a powerful emotion. It can make you feel everything from happiness to sadness and pain.
But the one thing we all have in common is the experience of love. When you are in love, you feel everything your partner feels, even the negative emotions they are experiencing.
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