I used to think that only a mother could provide unconditional love and make sacrifices.
I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.
It's terrifying, that unconditional love you have for a child. I still wonder if she really came from me, from my womb. It's a miracle. I don't understand it. I live it very intensely.
I often say that if I had one wish in this world, I would wish that every child could have a mother the way my mother were. And I never went without clothes, I never went without food... I never went without anything that a child needs. But above all of that, she gave me unconditional love.
Love is so unconditional; love liberates; love is the reason why I do what I do, and so I think it is the greatest gift we have.
In the end, I still have the same hope as my father - that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word.
While working hard for my career, I looked after my family and have been there for my mother and in-laws when they needed me around. They reciprocated in kind with their unconditional love and support for my career.
If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.