Expecting other people to reach out to me without making any real effort myself. At some point I heard this thought experiment: If you could only have one, whi

Expecting other people to reach out to me without making any real effort myself. At some point I heard this thought experiment: If you could only have one, which is more important: To love or to be loved? Now I understand that if I want to receive love and connection that I have to be able to give it. This shift has strengthened so many of my relationships and helped me build new ones as well.