Erich FrommFor despite what some people say, love is not only a sweet falling bound to come and quickly go away.
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For despite what some people say, love is not only a sweet falling bound to come and quickly go away. Love is a verb. It’s action. Love is not something you have or something you don’t have.
Love is not an object, an emotion, a feeling, or a state of being. Love is what you do. When we love someone, we do it wholeheartedly and with an open heart.
We make room for love in our lives because we want to be loved by others as well as the people we love. We choose to allow love into our lives because it offers us the greatest joy and comfort of all. We don’t let love slip away even when it’s hard to keep it.
Love is always alive in us if we choose to be alive in love.
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