Annie B. Bond

The True Love Checklist

true love

• 1. The most important ingredient in true love is individual growth. You will support each other’s dreams and goals and allow room to change and grow.

• 2. Personal freedom for both people.

• 3. Good communication on all levels–verbal, energetic, emotional.

• 4. Individual space.

• 5. Responsible behavior toward yourself and the other.

• 6. Personal empowerment.

• 7. Affinity and friendship.

• 8. Compatible goals (but not necessarily the same goals).

• 9. Caring.

• 10. Bliss (at times).

• 11. Delight in one another.

• 12. An ability to say no, and to say yes.

• 13. Allowing the other to be negative as well as positive.

• 14. No coercion by either person.

• 15. The relationship is non-possessive.

• 16. Each person understands the basis of their attraction.

• 17. The relationship is based in truth, not fantasy.

• 18. Both people’s needs are respected.