Unconditional

There is a hunger in the human heart for the unconditional acceptance of love. Those who don’t experience this will settle for conditional acceptance as a substitute. Conditional acceptance is based on performance. If you consistently do something that others value and appreciate, they will accept you on that basis as long as you keep doing it. You understand that I want you to behave a certain way. Yet my love for and acceptance of you is not contingent on your performance. This can be understood in terms of cause and effect. Your performance does not obtain my love. My love enables you to obey me.