{"id":45,"date":"2008-09-13T02:18:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T09:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stormtiger.com\/collie\/bestiary\/?p=45"},"modified":"2010-07-20T08:25:21","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T15:25:21","slug":"what-is-love-part-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stormtiger.com\/collie\/bestiary\/2008\/09\/what-is-love-part-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"What is love? (part IV)"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, after all that rambling, what do<\/i> I think Love is? It’s oddly, unexpectedly simple — almost startlingly so. I could puff it up with more verbiage… but if that’s what we want, we can turn to media for that.<\/p>\n\n\n
“But there is such a thing as genuine love, which is always considerate. Its distinguishing characteristic is, in fact, regard for personal dignity. Its effect is to stimulate self-respect in the other person. Its concern is to help the loved one become their true self. In a mysterious way such love finds its truest realization in its power to stimulate the other to attain their highest self-realization.<\/i>”
\n— Romano Guardini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

It’s when you’re having an argument with a beloved, and it suddenly hits you how unimportant the argument is, compared to your relationship with your sweetie — and you don’t care if there’s a ‘winner’ in the argument any more, because there’s someone else besides you at the center of your personal universe.<\/p>\n

It’s when your sweetie is working hard on a project and has forgotten you, and you’ve made a plate of apple slices and cheese & crackers, set it silently next to them, and been delighted they ate it all, without them even realizing you put it there… because it’s more important to you they’re healthy and happy, than that you get a thank you.<\/p>\n

It’s taking out the garbage, or doing the laundry, or washing the dishes, because it needs doing — not so you can feel self-righteous about it; not because it’s ‘your turn.’<\/p>\n

Love<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

What is Love? Real, true, deep Love, to me, is that feeling you have when there’s someone(s) in your life whose comfort and happiness is more important than your own.<\/p>\n

Joy and happy loving to you all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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