7 More Things I Know For Sure About Love — Part II

Toya Qualls-Barnette
2 min readFeb 13, 2022

Love is our only defense

Woman of color with her eyes closed covered in pink rhinestones and hearts.
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LOVE is never a moot point — not debatable nor negotiable. One doesn’t tell love what to do. It speaks its own truth through the heart while the soul carries its message wide and deep like a flowing river untethered by obstruction of the mind or ego.

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LOVE is its own reward — not a competition for points we can acumulate based on the amount we give. The value lies in its pure existence and willingness to spread freely without expectation.

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LOVE is endless — on a continuum — travels through the trenches of humanity and finds its way back to an open heart then recyles itself again.

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LOVE may subside in our hearts when we’re hurt but never dies. It isn’t extinguishable. Once released into the universe we can’t take it back. It lives on through our original intention.

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LOVE can be housed in a fragile heart but its never weak. It’s our built in armor needed to battle internal or external…

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Toya Qualls-Barnette
Toya Qualls-Barnette

Written by Toya Qualls-Barnette

*14x Boosted writer | Writing about the impact of relationships |Contributor to Chicken Soup for the Soul| Dreamer | Mother| HSP in drag

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