Are we loved for who we are, or for the person we appear to be?

A dog does not know your salary, designation or reputation. It only knows that you came home. In the Sunday special edition of 'From the Silence Within', Santosh Nair reflects on unconditional love, performance, self-worth and the deep human need to belong without having to prove anything first.

Your dog does not know how much money you have. He does not know whether your house is big or small, whether your car is expensive or old, whether your clothes carry a famous name, or whether people outside your home think you are successful. He does not know your designation. He does not know how many people respect you. He does not even know what you achieved today. And yet, when you open the door, he may run towards you as if something wonderful has just happened. For him, your arrival is enough. There is something almost mysterious about that kind of love because human beings have made love much more complicated. We ask questions before we open our hearts. What does this person have? What can this person do? What place does this person occupy? What will I gain by being close to him? Somewhere along the way, we started looking at people through their labels and forgot to look at the person carrying them.

A child does not begin life this way. A child does not first ask whether his mother has money. He does not calculate his father’s social position. He does not know whether the family lives in a large house........

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