Love actually is a great act of the will. It's when I say, "I desire your good, not for my sake but for yours". To love is to break out of the black hole of the ego and say, "My life is about you".

Robert E. Barron
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When you love, you may feel like you are the most important person in the world. Love helps you understand that your life is not about you, it is about helping others. Love puts a person in a positive frame of mind because he or she has no other objective than to help others. It can be said that love is a great act of will because it involves doing things that one doesn't want to do.

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