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Work and Germany Part II: Abandonment Recovery
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 673818" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>This is my favorite theory of love among the 5: </p><p></p><p>"(Love)seems remote until we encounter it enfleshed, so to say, in the life of another – in acts of kindness, generosity and self-sacrifice. Love's the one thing that can never hurt anyone, although it may cost dearly. The paradox of love is that it is supremely free yet attaches us with bonds stronger than death. It cannot be bought or sold; there is nothing it cannot face; love is life's greatest blessing."</p><p></p><p>What we may have known as love, those of us who may have suffered from that which we received, was mixed up with all kinds of other messages and actions that were not loving but hurtful. Instead of self-sacrifice or generosity, love could be self-serving, and was indeed bought and sold. </p><p></p><p>When my mother took our inheritance she valued that as greater than any love between us. That was the effect of it. Perhaps not the intention. </p><p></p><p>Because her version of love put her at the center of all things. All the rest traveled around her like planets around the sun. </p><p></p><p>I do not believe in love, I think. I believe in<em> loving</em>.</p><p></p><p>I do not know if I agree with the above quote, while I do like it a lot. I believe love can be this, but only in its ideal. </p><p></p><p>COPA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 673818, member: 18958"] This is my favorite theory of love among the 5: "(Love)seems remote until we encounter it enfleshed, so to say, in the life of another – in acts of kindness, generosity and self-sacrifice. Love's the one thing that can never hurt anyone, although it may cost dearly. The paradox of love is that it is supremely free yet attaches us with bonds stronger than death. It cannot be bought or sold; there is nothing it cannot face; love is life's greatest blessing." What we may have known as love, those of us who may have suffered from that which we received, was mixed up with all kinds of other messages and actions that were not loving but hurtful. Instead of self-sacrifice or generosity, love could be self-serving, and was indeed bought and sold. When my mother took our inheritance she valued that as greater than any love between us. That was the effect of it. Perhaps not the intention. Because her version of love put her at the center of all things. All the rest traveled around her like planets around the sun. I do not believe in love, I think. I believe in[I] loving[/I]. I do not know if I agree with the above quote, while I do like it a lot. I believe love can be this, but only in its ideal. COPA [/QUOTE]
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