Reading Day 7
The courage to loveECF #conversation, #love, #friendship, #intimacy
To love is to care; to unconditionally support the well-being of the other. To love is to be able to say no. Love is relational, multidirectional, and might not be reciprocal. But loving can also be circumscribed to an individual: To love yourself. And yet, you can get to love the other by loving yourself, as much as you can learn to love yourself by selflessly loving the other. It requires courage to love because through love, the suffering of others can become your own. To love is to accept this conflict; to take a leap into the unknown. E met C for the first time in 2009. Since then, their friendship has been like an elastic band; sometimes a safety net, sometimes a whiplash. Despite this, they take care of each other in ways they couldn’t care for themselves. They often talk about love: While C’s spills all around, E’s remains timid. Through each other, and the clashes their different views on love create, they are learning how to love. To love is to learn to love. *
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