“I love only because I want to. That's why I don't blame or accredit anyone else for the outcome, good or bad.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 70
In other words
Love chosen freely cannot make another person responsible for the fact that it was given. The outcome may bring joy or pain, but the original act came from the giver’s own will.
This does not excuse betrayal or make harmful behaviour blameless. It separates that harm from the decision to care. The giver can face what happened without rewriting love as something forced out of them.
Uncredited love makes this freedom especially clear. It may go unseen and receive no reward, yet still express goodwill and sacrifice. Its meaning does not depend entirely on recognition. The love was real because someone wanted to give it, even if understanding arrived late or never arrived at all.
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