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    We Feel Only as Much Love as We Allow Ourselves to

    by Carter Miles Nov 21, 2021 2 minutes
    We Feel Only as Much Love as We Allow Ourselves to by Carter Miles. Photograph of Carter hugging himself in Buddha Konasana by Bill Miles
    Photograph by Bill Miles

    Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

    A plant cannot help but reach towards the sunlight, and something deep within humans cannot help but seek love.

    —

    I never let myself receive love. Throughout all my life, with my own parents, my siblings, my friends and my lovers… there have been so many people who have loved me and yet I barely felt any of it. I never let myself

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