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Care Without Curiosity Becomes Control

Curiosity lets love meet a person instead of managing a projection.

R Richard Nkwenti 1 min read

It is possible to care deeply and still love an imagined person. We decide what another needs, then call resistance ingratitude.

Curiosity protects love from becoming control. It asks before solving. It listens for change. It allows the beloved to remain a mystery rather than a project.

When did you last ask someone who they are now, without correcting their answer?

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