The gift of love sustaining its fragile nature.
Poets, philosophers, and romantics have all sought to lad, describe and celebrate the mystery of love. In religious systems, love is usually described in terms of obedience and self-giving to the deity, wile in psychological terms, love has to do with caring relationships and mutually in which the boundaries of each person are respected.
No matter which way we approach the subject of love, our description will be only halting and inadequate. Henri Nouwen seeks to emphasize the vulnerability of love. He writes: In love man and women take off all the forms of power, enhancing each other in total disarmament”.
Love will always have fragile character. It cannot be regulated or sustained by structures, rules or commitments. It can only be sustained by continuing acts of love which are marked by gentleness, care, openness and trust.
Love will always have the act of selfless giving and not expecting a return from the other person. It is always giving and not subject to any condition. How many of us can demonstrate such a selfless act of love. Many know but few practice it.
Poets, philosophers, and romantics have all sought to lad, describe and celebrate the mystery of love. In religious systems, love is usually described in terms of obedience and self-giving to the deity, wile in psychological terms, love has to do with caring relationships and mutually in which the boundaries of each person are respected.
No matter which way we approach the subject of love, our description will be only halting and inadequate. Henri Nouwen seeks to emphasize the vulnerability of love. He writes: In love man and women take off all the forms of power, enhancing each other in total disarmament”.
Love will always have fragile character. It cannot be regulated or sustained by structures, rules or commitments. It can only be sustained by continuing acts of love which are marked by gentleness, care, openness and trust.
Love will always have the act of selfless giving and not expecting a return from the other person. It is always giving and not subject to any condition. How many of us can demonstrate such a selfless act of love. Many know but few practice it.
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