I freshly made this painting depicting how I feel about tough love. I believe that it is one of the greatest form of love and care we can ever give to our loved-ones. It is needed from a mother to a kid so she can grow strong and resilient. It is needed from yourself to yourself, so we can be the best that we can be. It is needed from friends whose friendships are genuine enough to tell the other the truth about anything. And I hope that we can give this kind of love to our loved ones, especially at times when they needed it. Hopefully we can give this to ourselves also when we need it it the most.

In the painting above,at the surface, tough love seems to be dark, negative, rude, rough but if you examine closely, it is the most life-giving kind of love, it is the most growth-enabling kind of love, it is the purest and highest form of love one human can give to his/her fellow human being and to his/herself.

Cheers to tough love!