Love chooses to believe the best about people. It gives them the benefit of the doubt. It refuses to fill in the unknowns with negative assumptions. And when our worst hopes are proven to be true, love makes every effort to deal with them and move forward. As much as possible, love focuses on the positive. Stephen Kendrick
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When we love someone, we give them the benefit of the doubt. We think they are good people and not bad. It is a very difficult thing to do as we have been taught that bad things happen to good people and that bad people do bad things to good people. This causes us to see people as not being good enough so our first thoughts are about what they have done wrong.

The truth is that all people have a right to live their lives as they see fit and it is our job as other people to respect that and give them the benefit of the doubt. When our worst hopes are proven to be true, love deals with them and moves forward. In this way, love deals with disappointment in a positive way that doesn't take away from the person doing the disappointing thing.

The truth will always be out there no matter how much we would like to ignore it or make believe it doesn't exist.

Source: The Love Dare

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