Remember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving.

Love and abuse cannot coexist.

Yet schools for love do not exist. Everyone assumes that we will know how to love instinctively. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, we still accept that the family is the primary school for love. Those of us who do not learn how to love among family are expected to experience love in romantic relationships. However, this love often

Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.

Love does not lead to an end to difficulties, it provides us with the means to cope with our difficulties in ways that enhance our growth.

“If there was nothing else, reading would—obviously—be worth living for.”

Growing up is, at heart, the process of learning to take responsibility for whatever happens in your life. To choose growth is to embrace a love that heals.

Grief is most often unrelenting when individuals are not reconciled to the reality of loss.

Accepting death with love means we embrace the reality of the unexpected, of experiences over which we have no control.