11.15.2004
Just something to think about...
"There is hardly any word which is more ambiguous and confusing than the word "love". It is used to denote almost every feeling short of hate and disgust. it comprises everything from the love for ice cream to the love for a symphony, from mild sympathy to the most intense feeling of closeness. People feel they love if they have "fallen for" somebody. They call their dependence love and their possessiveness too. They believe, in fact, that nothing is easier than to love, that the difficulty lies in finding the right object, and that their failure to find happiness in love is due to their bad luck in not finding the right partner. But contrary to all this confused wishful thinking, love is a very specific feeling; and while every human being has a capcity for love, its realization is one of the most difficult achievements." ~Erich Fromm
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