My thought for today is Love. The ancient Greeks believed that love was not just one emotion, but that there was more than one type of Love. Eros was passionate romantic love. Philia was a loyal friendship. Storge was love from parents to children and agape was love of God. Different writers through the ages have expressed their thoughts on love. John O'Donohue, in his book Anam Cara which means soul friend, says that love is an act of ancient recognition and that it is two parts of the same soul finding each other. Father Martin says love is not so much two people gazing into each other's eyes as it is two people gazing in the same direction. The psychologist Erich Fromm wrote in The Art of Loving, love isn't just something you fall into; it is a skill that requires care, responsibility, respect, and knowledge. It is the daily practice of supporting someone else's growth as much as your own. The rock band Foreigner have a classic ballad I Wanna Know What Love Is. If you really wanna know what love is, pay attention to my wife and I, or people like us, and watch it in action.
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