What is Love #3
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What is Love #3
The hyper-individualist finds himself enmeshed in a network of conditional love. I am worthy of being loved only when I have achieved the status or success the world expects of me. I am worthy of love only when I can offer the other person something in return. I am what the world says about me. In the end, hyper-individualism doesn’t make people se
... See moreDavid Brooks • The Second Mountain
But to extrapolate that reality into the idea that we shouldn’t want to tend to our loved ones, to receive them as flawed and imperfect people and care for them anyway, is a grave miscorrection. We all exist to save each other. There is barely anything else worth living for.
rayne fisher-quann • No Good Alone
Our nervous systems typically look to the presence of others as a way of co-regulating and healing. But during the pandemic, what was normally a source of healing was reframed as a potentially deadly threat. We were told to avoid socializing. Avoid hugging. Avoid sharing meals with others.
Stephen W. Porges • Our Polyvagal World
