What is love, and how can we learn to love one another more perfectly?
Humans are imperfect, therefore human love is imperfect.
Human love is all too often tainted, by arrogance, envy, resentments, thoughtlessness, hidden agendas, and sometimes just plain selfishness. Is love still real, with all those things getting in the way? How do we clear all those things away, and what exactly will we find when, and if, we do? What is love, at its essence?
I just remembered this quote, from Leo Buscaglia:
How do we keep our arms open? How do we keep our selfishness, and our insecurities, from taking over and causing us to grasp those we love too tightly? And what about when it’s time to let someone go?
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True love is a constant laying aside of self for the sake of another's needs to be the priority. It goes against what comes so naturally to us, for we are often selfish and seek our own desires and pleasure first. True love, in its purest form, is not only a willingness to die for that person as we often like to say, but it's also a willingness to live for that person....Daily choosing to be devoted to what is best for them, rather than what we feel like doing.
