My mom and my dad was the best example of unconditional love I could see as a kid. I've known it my whole life. Interactions, kissing, hugging - it definitely wasn't the fake love.
When I came out, everybody in my life that said they loved me unconditionally turned around and said, 'Never mind!'
God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.
I've covered a lot of ground geographically and emotionally and for years I lost my connection with my family. But the best comfort you can have, whether you are on the phone or sitting there in the living room with them, is with your parents, and to me family has always meant protection. When you smile you get a smile back, unconditionally.
Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it's the most selfish thing I've ever done. It's like, Okay, I'm going to create unconditional love for myself, and I'm going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I'm going to get it.
I do think we're in a period of time culturally where there is just this extraordinary connection that we have to our pets, and in many ways, they are displacing kids. They're so much simpler than dealing with a kid because of this unconditional love that does not get complicated by adolescence or any other manipulation.
I'd like my children to remember all the cuddles and bedtimes, and that I worshipped them unconditionally.
Discipline and unconditional support is earned by understanding and trust and inclusion. Not by isolation, not by nasty tricks.
I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.
